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adulterine

/uh-duhl-tuh-reen, -tuh-rahyn/US // əˈdʌl təˌrin, -təˌraɪn //UK // (əˈdʌltərɪn, -ˌriːn, -ˌraɪn) //

掺假的,掺假,搀杂物,掺杂物

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : characterized by adulteration; spurious.
    • : born of adultery.
    • : of or involving adultery.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inunfaithful

Examples

  • Under the treaty of Wallingford one thousand one hundred and fifteen adulterine castles were to be razed.

  • He even contemplated securing the throne to them, though they were thus doubly adulterine.

  • Abrogation of every law establishing the civil inferiority of women and natural or adulterine children.

  • He sent Stephen's mercenaries over the sea and (p. 140) completed the destruction of the 'adulterine castles.'

  • No attempt, however, seems to have been made forcibly to dissolve the adulterine gilds.