单词 | innocent |
释义 | innocent adj. & n. --adj   1. free from moral wrong; sinless.   2. (usu. foll. by of) not guilty (of a crime etc.).   3. a simple; guileless; na{iuml}ve. b pretending to be guileless.   4. harmless.   5. (foll. by of) colloq. without, lacking (appeared, innocent of shoes). --n   1. an innocent person, esp. a young child.   2. (in pl.) the young children killed by Herod after the birth of Jesus (Matt. 2:16). Phrases and idioms Innocents' (or Holy Innocents') Day the day, 28 Dec., commemorating the massacre of the innocents. Derivatives innocence n. innocency n. innocently adv. Etymology: ME f. OF innocent or L innocens innocent- (as IN-(1), nocere hurt) |
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