ferocious
英 [fə'rəʊʃəs]
美 [fə'roʃəs]
- adj.残忍的；惊人的
中文词源
ferocious 残暴的
来自feral, 野生的，狂野的。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. A ferocious battle to select a new parliamentary candidate is in progress.
- 推选一位新的议会候选人的激战正酣。
- 来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Lindbergh was startled at the ferocious depth of anti-British feeling.
- 反英情绪之深之烈令林德伯格大为震惊。
- 来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Once again there's been ferocious blood-letting in the township.
- 镇区再次发生了残忍的流血事件。
- 来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Fighting has been ferocious.
- 战斗十分激烈。
- 来自柯林斯例句
- 5. a man driven by ferocious determination
- 为强烈的决心所驱使的人
- 来自《权威词典》
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