资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Mortified \Mor"ti*fied\,
imp. & p. p. of {Mortify}.
Mortify \Mor"ti*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mortified}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Mortifying}.] [OE. mortifien, F. mortifier, fr. L.
mortificare; L. mors, mortis, death + -ficare (in comp.) to
make. See {Mortal}, and {-fy}.]
1. To destroy the organic texture and vital functions of; to
produce gangrene in.
2. To destroy the active powers or essential qualities of; to
change by chemical action. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Quicksilver is mortified with turpentine. --Bacon.
He mortified pearls in vinegar. --Hakewill.
3. To deaden by religious or other discipline, as the carnal
affections, bodily appetites, or worldly desires; to bring
into subjection; to abase; to humble.
With fasting mortified, worn out with tears.
--Harte.
Mortify thy learned lust. --Prior.
Mortify, rherefore, your members which are upon the
earth. --Col. iii. 5.
4. To affect with vexation, chagrin, or humiliation; to
humble; to depress.
The news of the fatal battle of Worcester, which
exceedingly mortified our expectations. --Evelyn.
How often is the ambitious man mortified with the
very praises he receives, if they do not rise so
high as he thinks they ought! --Addison.
资料来源 : WordNet®
mortify
v 1: practice self-denial of one's body and appetites
2: hold within limits and control; "subdue one's appetites";
"mortify the flesh" [syn: {subdue}, {cricify}]
3: cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his
colleague by criticising him in front of the boss" [syn: {humiliate},
{chagrin}, {humble}, {abase}]
4: undergo necrosis; "the tissue around the wound necrosed"
[syn: {necrose}, {gangrene}, {sphacelate}]
[also: {mortified}]
mortified
adj 1: suffering from tissue death [syn: {gangrenous}]
2: made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded
pride; "too embarrassed to say hello to his drunken father
on the street"; "humiliated that his wife had to go out to
work"; "felt mortified by the comparison with her sister"
[syn: {embarrassed}, {humiliated}]
mortified
See {mortify}