1777, from Portuguese or Spanish curare, a corruption of the name in the Carib language of the Macusi Indians of Guyana, wurali or wurari, which had a sort of click sound at the beginning, and is said to mean "he to whom it comes falls."
双语例句
1. The modern clinical use of curare probably dates from 1932.
箭毒的现代临床应用可追溯至1932年.
来自辞典例句
2. It is a curare alkaloid derived from the South American plant.
