Front | menace |
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Pron | ['menəs] |
Back | 【menace】 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. All forms of 'menace' will appear on average once every 344 pages. menace menacing menacingly |
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