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词汇 infanticide
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infanticide

noun
/ɪnˈfæntɪsaɪd/
/ɪnˈfæntɪsaɪd/
(formal)
  1. [uncountable] the crime of a mother killing her child when it is less than one year old杀婴(罪);杀婴犯
    • These conditions lead to neglect, child abuse, and even infanticide.这些情况导致忽视、虐待儿童,甚至杀婴。
    Topics Crime and punishmentc2
  2. [uncountable] (in some cultures) the practice of killing babies that are not wanted, for example because they are girls and not boys杀婴(某些文化中杀女婴等的做法)
  3. [countable] a person who kills a baby, especially their own child杀婴(罪);杀婴犯
  4. 词源mid 17th cent.: via French from late Latin infanticidium, from Latin infant- (‘unable to speak’, from in- ‘not’ + fant- ‘speaking’) + -cidium (from caedere ‘kill’).
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