| 释义 |
Neronize, v.|ˈnɪərənaɪz|
[f. as prec. + -ize.]
trans. a. To stigmatize as resembling Nero. b. To deprave on the model of Nero. c. To tyrannize over like Nero.
1673Marvell Reh. Transp. ii. 179 You muster up all Christian Princes to Neronize and Caligulize them. 1675J. Smith Chr. Relig. App. i. 46 Poppæa..had so much Debauchery in her, as to Neronize Nero himself. 1889Voice (N.Y.) 7 Mar., Grant was a ‘drunken tyrant’, who was about to Neronize the capital. |