Savage



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. 凶猛的, 野蛮的
• ［英］ adj. 凶猛的, 野蛮的 ( fierce; ferocious; untamed)
• ［记］ sav ( 树木, 森林) +age -> 森林状态 -> 野蛮的
• ［例］ a savage tribe ( 野蛮部落)

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French salvage, savage, from Late Latin salvaticus, alteration of Latin silvaticus of the woods, wild, from silva wood, forest
• Date: 13th century
• 1.
  • a. not domesticated or under human control ; untamed <savage beasts>
  • b. lacking the restraints normal to civilized human beings ; fierce, ferocious <a savage criminal>
• 2. wild, uncultivated <seldom have I seen such savage scenery — Douglas Carruthers>
• 3.
  • a. boorish, rude <the savage bad manners of most motorists — M. P. O'Connor>
  • b. malicious
• 4. lacking complex or advanced culture ; uncivilized <a savage country>
• Synonyms: see fierce
• ? savagely adverb
• ? savageness noun

II. noun

• Date: 15th century
• 1. a person belonging to a primitive society
• 2. a brutal person
• 3. a rude or unmannerly person

III. transitive verb (savaged; savaging)

• Date: 1880
• to attack or treat brutally

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