ferocious

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反義詞

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副詞:?ferociously;

ferocious 殘暴的

來自feral, 野生的，狂野的。

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.

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。

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。

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。