| 释义 |
baneful, a.|ˈbeɪnfʊl|
[f. bane n.1 + -ful.]
1. Life-destroying; poisonous.
a1593H. Smith Wks. (1867) II. 475 The old serpent's baneful breath. 1598Sylvester Du Bartas i. iii. (1641) 27 The banefull Aconite. 1697Dryden Virg. Eclog. iii. 124 The Nightly Wolf is baneful to the Fold. 1791Cowper Iliad xxii. 107 Herbs Of baneful juice. c1854Stanley Sinai & Pal. vii. (1858) 290 No living creature could survive the baneful atmosphere which hung upon its waters.
2. Destructive to well-being, pernicious, injurious.
1579Spenser Sheph. Cal. Aug. 173 Helpe me ye banefull byrds. 1586Marlowe 1st Pt. Tamburl. v. ii, A sight..baneful to their souls. 1770Goldsm. Des. Vill. 311 To see ten thousand baneful arts combined. 1832H. Martineau Ireland i. 4 Very baneful superstition. 1868Freeman Norm. Conq. (1876) II. x. 503 Whose results..would prove most baneful, if not ruinous, to the country. |