- 1/ˈliːθəl/致命的
Able to cause death - deadly. Used for things like weapons, doses of medicine or poison, or diseases: 'a lethal dose,' 'a lethal weapon.' Can also be used more about something extremely effective in a non-literal way, like 'her serve in tennis is lethal' (very hard to return).
示範例句 · Example
The tiny frog on that leaf is lethal — its skin makes a poison strong enough to stop a bird's heart.
逐字那片葉子上的小青蛙是致命的——牠的皮膚製造一種毒，強到足以停住一隻鳥的心臟。
常見搭配
a lethal weapon
致命武器
an object that can kill someone
The court decided the metal bar counted as a lethal weapon.
a lethal dose
致死劑量
an amount of a drug or poison big enough to kill
Doctors keep the medicine locked away because a lethal dose is surprisingly small.
lethal to (something)
對…有致命性
able to kill a particular kind of animal, plant, or person
This spray is lethal to insects but safe for pets.
lethal injection
注射死刑
a way of putting a person to death by putting a drug into their body
Several states have replaced older methods with lethal injection.
potentially lethal
可能致命的
able to kill in some situations
A bee sting is potentially lethal for people with strong allergies.
core核心畫面
組成Comes from an old Latin word meaning 'death.'
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lethaladj詞源 1/ˈliː.θəl/
- 1
Of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal.
- Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. The machine gun is so much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless.
lethalnoun詞源 1/ˈliː.θəl/
- 1
Any weapon that causes death.
- 2
biologygeneticsmedicineAn allele that causes the death of the organism that carries it.
lethalnoun詞源 2/ˈliː.θəl/
- 1
chemistrynatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesOne of the higher alcohols of the paraffine series obtained from spermaceti as a white crystalline solid.
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