词汇 | immolate |
词源 | immolate. Immolate means to sacrifice by fire or other means, but it derives from the Latin immolare, “to sprinkle with meal.” This is because the ancient Romans sprinkled wine and pieces of the sacred cake, made from meal, on the heads of humans to be sacrificed to the gods. |
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