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upas的意思

upas

英 ['juːpəs] 美 ['jʊpəs]
  • n. 毒害;见血封喉(产于爪哇)

upas

英文词源


upas (n.)
legendary poisonous tree of Java, 1783, via Dutch, from Malay upas "poison," in pohun upas "poison tree." As the name of an actual tree (Antiaris toxicaria) yielding poisonous sap, from 1814.