(亦作lacrimatory)
- technical or poetic/literary relating to, tending to cause, or containing tears〈技, 或诗/文〉泪的; 催泪的; 含泪的：
a lachrymatory secretion.
泪水的分泌。
(pl. -ies)
- a phial of a kind found in ancient Roman tombs and thought to be a lachrymal vase（古罗马墓中发现的被认为是盛泪水的）泪瓶, 泪壶。
词源
mid 17th cent. (as a noun denoting a phial)： from Latin lacrima, on the pattern of chrismatory.