infanticide
noun /ɪnˈfæntɪsaɪd/
/ɪnˈfæntɪsaɪd/
(formal)- [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。
- These conditions lead to neglect, child abuse, and even infanticide.
- [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) - [countable] a person who kills a baby, especially their own child
杀婴(罪);杀婴犯
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’).