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woorali

/woo-rah-lee/US // wʊˈrɑ li //UK // (wʊˈrɑːlɪ) //

沃拉里

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : curare.

Examples

  • M. Thiercelin, the inventor of this poison, composes it by mixing a salt of strychnine with one-twentieth of woorali.

  • How could he, indeed, he observed, find the materials for concocting the woorali poison into which to dip the point of his darts?

  • The first was composed of several bunches of the woorali vine; another was a root with a sharp, bitter taste.

  • Be sure I looked, Doctor, the instant I suspected that woorali had been used.

  • Woorali is extremely volatile, for one thing, and evaporates rapidly.