| 释义 |
virose, a. Now rare.|vaɪˈrəʊs|
[ad. L. vīrōs-us, f. vīrus virus.]
Poisonous; suggestive of poisonous qualities; rank and unwholesome: a. Of things, esp. plants.
1680Morden Geogr. Rect., Germany (1685) 124 The virose streams and particles of Mercury, or other Minerals descending from off their Mountains. 1702Phil. Trans. XXIII. 1167 Most of them are of an Aromatic Smell and Taste, but some are fœtid, virose, and fervid in their Taste. 1767Nat. Hist. in Ann. Reg. 98/2 The root of the œnanthes that is like hemlock, with virose juice. 1845–50A. H. Lincoln Lect. Bot. App. 205 Virose, nauseous to the smell, poisonous. 1866Treas. Bot. 1219/2.
b. Of smell or flavour.
1756P. Browne Jamaica 174 This plant..is of a virose heavy smell. 1761Phil. Trans. LII. 92 By that time the plants will..have acquired an highly virose smell. 1817J. E. Smith in Encycl. Brit. (ed. 4) Suppl. II. 405/1 Some [leaves] have a virose or nauseous flavour about them. 1831J. Davies Manual Mat. Med. 309 Its smell is virose and nauseous. 1840Penny Cycl. XVII. 206/1 The virose and nauseous odour which characterises crude opium. |