| 单词 | mortify |
| 释义 | mortify v. (-ies, -ied) 1. tr. a cause (a person) to feel shamed or humiliated. b wound (a person's feelings). 2. tr. bring (the body, the flesh, the passions, etc.) into subjection by self-denial or discipline. 3. intr. (of flesh) be affected by gangrene or necrosis. Derivatives mortification n. mortifying adj. mortifyingly adv. Etymology: ME f. OF mortifier f. eccl.L mortificare kill, subdue f. mors mortis death |
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