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Menace Threatening Menəs N.威胁 Dry Weather Forest Fires

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n.威胁
In dry weather forest fires are a great menace.
干燥的天气下森林火灾是一大威胁。
Vocab
menacesomething that is a source of danger

If it's threatening you or otherwise posing some sort of danger, then it's a menace. Angry rabid dogs, smog clouds, and annoying little brothers are all probable menaces.

The word menace works as both a noun and a verb, but it wasn't used to describe threatening or bothersome people until 1936. Before then, common menaces probably included things like the plague, locusts, and roving bands of pirate ships. Today, a bad reputation can menace an otherwise promising career, weeds can menace your garden, and burglars are a menace to society.

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