ferocious
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- adj. 殘忍的；驚人的
詞態(tài)變化
副詞:?ferociously;
中文詞源
ferocious 殘暴的
來自feral, 野生的，狂野的。
英文詞源
- ferocious
- ferocious: [17] Etymologically, ferocious means ‘wild-eyed’. It comes from Latin ferox, which was originally a compound formed from ferus ‘fierce, wild’ (source of English feral [17]) and an element -oc-, -ox meaning ‘looking, appearing’. This also appears in atrocious and ocular, and goes back to an Indo-European source which also produced Greek ōps ‘eye’ and English eye.
=> atrocious, eye, feral, ocular - ferocious (adj.)
- 1640s, from Latin ferocis, oblique case of ferox "fierce, wild-looking" (see ferocity). Alternative ferocient (1650s) is seldom seen. Related: Ferociously; ferociousness.
雙語例句
- 1. A ferocious battle to select a new parliamentary candidate is in progress.
- 推選一位新的議會候選人的激戰(zhàn)正酣。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Lindbergh was startled at the ferocious depth of anti-British feeling.
- 反英情緒之深之烈令林德伯格大為震驚。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Once again there's been ferocious blood-letting in the township.
- 鎮(zhèn)區(qū)再次發(fā)生了殘忍的流血事件。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Fighting has been ferocious.
- 戰(zhàn)斗十分激烈。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. a man driven by ferocious determination
- 為強(qiáng)烈的決心所驅(qū)使的人
來自《權(quán)威詞典》