mandrake

• n. 曼德拉草（可作镇静药用）

一种麻醉药药物，含剧毒。来自希腊语mandragoras,可能最终来自梵语。俗词源认为该词来自man,人，drake,公鸭，公鸭叫声，因这种植物根形如人形，传说从土中拉出来会发出尖叫声，听到这种叫声的人都会死去。也称为曼陀罗花，情花。参照金庸小说《神雕侠侣》。

mandrake

mandrake: [14] The mandrake is a Mediterranean plant of the potato family with medicinal uses. Its name is an alteration of mandragora, which goes back via Latin to Greek mandragóras, a word probably of non- Indo-European origin. The change arose owing to an association with man (the mandrake has a large forked root which supposedly resembles a human being) and drake ‘dragon’ (an allusion to the root’s supposedly magical properties).

mandrake (n.)

narcotic plant, early 14c., mondrake, from Medieval Latin mandragora, from Latin mandragoras, from Greek mandragoras, probably from a non-Indo-European word. The word was in late Old English in its Latin form; folk etymology associated the second element with dragoun and substituted native drake in its place. The forked root is thought to resemble a human body and is said to shriek when pulled from the ground.

1. The antidote is made from mandrake roots ( CS 9 ) .

解药须用 曼德拉 草根做成.

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