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Feral Animal Wild Cat Describe Called Adj 形容词

英语单词 feral
英美音标 英 ['ferəl] 美 ['ferəl]
中文释义 adj.野生的;凶猛的
英语例句 (1) Never try to grab a feral cat if he/she is escaping.
(2) No one is dare to get close to the dog as it is too feral.
中文例句 (1) 不要试着抓取一只野生的猫如果他/她正在逃脱。
(2) 他们的狗太凶猛了,所以没有敢靠近它。
vocabulary简明 When animal control finds a feral dog, they have to handle it very carefully because the animal is so wild that it's probably afraid of humans and likely to bite.
vocabulary扩展 Feral is often used to describe a wild, untamed animal, like the feral cat with its claws and sharp teeth menacingly bared, ready to strike. Qualities that are similar to a wild animal can also be called feral. The child who grew alone up in a cabin in the woods, and who didn't go to school, was called feral when she ran away from the orphanage.
柯林斯解释
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[ADJ 形容词](尤指通常由人饲养的动物)野生的,未驯服的 Feral animals are wild animals that are not owned or controlled by anyone, especially ones that belong to species which are normally owned and kept by people.
  [usu ADJ n]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • ...feral cats.

    野猫

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[ADJ 形容词]狂野的;狂暴的;桀骜不驯的 If you describe something or someone as feral, you mean that they seem wild, fierce, and uncontrolled.
  [usu ADJ n]
  [LITERARY 文]
  • ...the prowling, feral guitars underpinned by metronomic drum beats.

    在有节奏的鼓声伴奏下悄然而至、狂烈激越的吉他声

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