英文词源
- atrocity (n.)
- 1530s, from Middle French atrocité or directly from Latin atrocitatem (nominative atrocitas) "cruelty, fierceness, harshness," noun of quality from atrox "fierce, cruel, frightful," from PIE *atro-ek-, from root *ater- "fire" (see atrium) + *okw- "see" (see eye (n.)); thus "of fiery or threatening appearance." The meaning "an atrocious deed" is from 1793.
中文词源
发音释义：[ə'trɒsɪtɪ] n. 暴行；凶恶，残暴
结构分析：atrocity= atroc（可怕的、残忍的）+ity（名词后缀）→暴行
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：atrocity 词源，atrocity 含义。
来自PIE*火。-oc, 同词根op, 眼睛，见optic, 光学的。指发狂，暴行，眼睛射出火。
