Ferocious
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[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- adj.凶猛的, 残暴的
- ［英］ adj.凶猛的, 残暴的 ( fierce; savage; violently cruel)
- ［记］ feroc ( 凶猛) +ious -> 凶猛的
- ［例］ ferocious lion. ferocious punishments
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
adjective
- Etymology: Latin feroc-, ferox, literally, fierce looking, from ferus + -oc-, -ox (akin to Greek ōps eye) — more at eye
- Date: 1646
- 1. exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality <a ferocious predator>
- 2. extremely intense <ferocious heat>
- Synonyms: see fierce
- ? ferociously adverb
- ? ferociousness noun
