| 释义 |
in·no·cence
\ˈinəsən(t)s\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin innocentia, from innocent-, innocens innocent + -ia -y
1.
a.
(1) : freedom from guilt or sin especially through being unacquainted with evil : purity of heart : blamelessness
< postulates a state of primitive innocence >
(2) : chastity
< supposed to have not yet lost her innocence — T.B.Macaulay >
(3) : the state of being not chargeable for or guilty of a particular crime or offense
b.
(1) : freedom from guile or cunning : artlessness, simplicity
< the innocence of childhood >
(2) : lack of understanding or penetration : silliness, naïveté
< the innocence … to propose remaking the world and human nature — L.O.Coxe >
(3) : lack of knowledge : ignorance
< written in entire innocence of the Italian language — E.R.Bentley >
< full of a chuckling mirth at the innocence of our detractors — Warwick Braithwaite >
< innocence of the craft of writing — J.W.Aldridge >
2. : one that is innocent; especially : an innocent person
3.
a. : bluet 1c(1)
b. : either of two plants:
(1) : a small herb (Collinsia verna) of the central United States
(2) : a Californian herb (C. bicolor) |