| 英语单词 | ferocity |
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| 英美音标 | 英 [fə'rɒsəti] 美 [fə'rɑːsəti] |
| 中文释义 | n.凶猛性;残忍性;狂暴的行为 |
| 英语例句 | (1) The lion attacked its victim with great ferocity. (2) The ferocity of them frightened me. (3) People all over the world are filled with indignation with the ferocity of NATO. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 狮子凶猛地扑向猎物。 (2) 他们的残暴吓坏了我。 (3) 全世界的人们都对北约的暴行感到义愤填膺。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Ferocity is the state of being ferocious — wild, scary, and fierce. A five year-old girl pretending to be a lion will display her ferocity by roaring and baring her teeth. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Things known for their ferocity include wild animals, terrifying thunder storms, and fierce battlefield fights. A furious argument can have an element of ferocity, and so can a wild, loud piece of music. The Latin word ferus, which means "wild," is the root of not only ferocity, but ferocious and fierce. Ferocity came directly from the Latin ferocitatem, "fierceness, or wildness." |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]凶猛;狂暴;激烈 The ferocity of something is its fierce or violent nature.
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