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hemlock 音標拼音: [h'ɛml ,ɑk] n. 毒胡蘿卜,鐵杉 毒胡蘿蔔,鐵杉 hemlock n 1: poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium; " Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock" 2: large branching biennial herb native to Eurasia and Africa and adventive in North America having large fernlike leaves and white flowers; usually found in damp habitats; all parts extremely poisonous [ synonym: { hemlock}, { poison hemlock}, { poison parsley}, { California fern}, { Nebraska fern}, { winter fern}, { Conium maculatum}] 3: soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock 4: an evergreen tree [ synonym: { hemlock}, { hemlock tree}] Hemlock \ Hem" lock\, n. [ OE. hemeluc, humloc, AS. hemlic, hymlic.] 1. ( Bot.) The name of several poisonous umbelliferous herbs having finely cut leaves and small white flowers, as the { Cicuta maculata}, { Cicuta bulbifera}, and { Cicuta virosa}, and the { Conium maculatum}. See { Conium}. [ 1913 Webster] Note: The potion of hemlock administered to Socrates is by some thought to have been a decoction of { Cicuta virosa}, or water hemlock, by others, of { Conium maculatum}. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Bot.) An evergreen tree common in North America ({ Abies Canadensis} or { Tsuga Canadensis}); hemlock spruce. [ 1913 Webster] The murmuring pines and the hemlocks. -- Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster] 3. The wood or timber of the hemlock tree. [ 1913 Webster] { Ground hemlock}, or { Dwarf hemlock}. See under { Ground}. [ 1913 Webster] 45 Moby Thesaurus words for " hemlock": beheading, belladonna, burning, capital punishment, castor- oil plant, crucifixion, deadly nightshade, death camas, decapitation, decollation, defenestration, electrocution, ergot, execution, foxglove, fusillade, garrote, gassing, hanging, henbane, horsetail, jimsonweed, judicial murder, lapidation, mayapple, mescal bean, monkshood, necktie party, poison ivy, poison parsley, poison sumac, poisoning, pokeweed, shooting, stoning, strangling, strangulation, the ax, the block, the chair, the gallows, the gas chamber, the guillotine, the hot seat, the ropeHemlock ( 1.) Heb. rosh ( Hos. 10: 4; rendered " gall" in Deut. 29: 18; 32: 32; Ps. 69: 21; Jer. 9: 15; 23: 15; " poison," Job 20: 16; " venom," Deut. 32: 33). " Rosh is the name of some poisonous plant which grows quickly and luxuriantly; of a bitter taste, and therefore coupled with wormwood ( Deut. 29: 18; Lam. 3: 19). Hence it would seem to be not the hemlock cicuta, nor the colocynth or wild gourd, nor lolium darnel, but the poppy so called from its heads" ( Gesenius, Lex.). ( 2.) Heb. la' anah, generally rendered " wormwood" ( q. v.), Deut. 29: 18, Text 17; Prov. 5: 4; Jer. 9: 15; 23: 15. Once it is rendered " hemlock" ( Amos 6: 12; R. V., " wormwood"). This Hebrew word is from a root meaning " to curse," hence the accursed.
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