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lycanthropy


  • 英式英标[laɪ\'kænθrəpi]
  • 美式音标[laɪ\'kænθrəpɪ]

n. 把人化为狼的神通;变狼狂

英文词源

lycanthropy
lycanthropy: see wolf
lycanthropy (n.)
1580s, a form of madness (described by ancient writers) in which the afflicted thought he was a wolf, from Greek lykanthropia, from lykanthropos "wolf-man," from lykos "wolf" (see wolf (n.)) + anthropos "man" (see anthropo-). Originally a form of madness (described by ancient writers) in which the afflicted thought he was a wolf; applied to actual transformations of persons (especially witches) into wolves since 1830 (see werewolf).