ratsbane
/rats-beyn/US // ˈrætsˌbeɪn //UK // (ˈrætsˌbeɪn) //
鼠尾草,鼠尾草属植物,鼠类,鼠疫
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : rat poison.
- : the trioxide of arsenic.
Examples
If his Lordship had sent me an infusion of ratsbane in the loving-cup, I should have taken it much more kindly at his hands.
For my own part, I would as lief they would put ratsbane in my mouth as the ‘excellency’ with which I am daily crammed.
It is the double-distilled extract of nux vomica, ratsbane, and adder's tongue.
"Doctor, that ere ratsbane of yourn is fust rate," said a Yankee to a village apothecary.
Mrs. Smith's doctor tells her if she wants poison she had better get ratsbane, and then she will know what she is swallowing.
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