-cide
suffix uk/-saɪd/ us/-saɪd/
可杀死特定对象的物质
used to form words referring to substances that kill a particular thing
a natural fungicide (= a substance that kills fungus) 一种天然的杀真菌剂（=一种能杀死真菌的物质）
a smell of insecticide (= a substance that kills insects) 杀虫剂（=杀死昆虫的物质） 的气味
（后缀）与杀害某一类人的行为或执行者相关
used to form words referring to the killing of a particular type of person, or to a person who does this
She was accused of infanticide (= the killing of a small baby). 她被指控犯有杀婴罪（=杀害小婴儿）。
a regicide (= a person who kills a king) 弑君者(=杀死国王的人)
- More examples
- To prevent the algae from returning, consider installing zinc roof strips. The oxides that wash off the strips act as an algicide.
- A high school student had to go to hospital after being doused by a cloud of herbicide that city employees were spraying on nearby grass.
- They hope to develop a microbicide that kills or blocks HIV.
- This new termiticide relies on low concentrations of naphthalenic compounds to kill the termites.
- It is a story of civil war and fratricide.
- Like Oedipus, he is a patricide: a father-killer.