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ire n.愤怒；v.激怒 ire (n.) c.1300, from Old French ire "anger, wrath, violence" (11c.), from Latin ira "anger, wrath, rage, passion," from PIE root *eis-, forming various words denoting "passion" cognates: Greek hieros "filled with the divine, holy," oistros "gadfly," originally "thing causing madness;" Sanskrit esati "drives on," yasati "boils;" Avestan aesma "anger").Old English irre in a similar sense is from an adjective irre "wandering, straying, angry," cognate with Old Saxon irri "angry," Old High German irri "wandering, deranged," also "angry;" Gothic airzeis "astray," and Latin errare "wander, go astray, angry" (see err (v.)). 【记】ire是愤怒的词根；有报导说清华教授的孩子被售票员活活掐死了，每人都跟贴说, I re(我re)，一定要顶入十大！→愤怒【相关】irritate 愤怒

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['aiə] 【英】 n. 愤怒(anger)【考】 反义词：mollify(抚 慰) n. 大怒 = wrath【记】I我re热: 气得我浑身发热.【反】mollify(v 平息; 抚慰)

单词	ire
音标	['aiə]
解释	n.愤怒；v.激怒
红宝书	【英】 n. 愤怒(anger) 【考】反义词：mollify(抚慰)
字源	ire (n.) c.1300, from Old French ire "anger, wrath, violence" (11c.), from Latin ira "anger, wrath, rage, passion," from PIE root *eis-, forming various words denoting "passion" cognates: Greek hieros "filled with the divine, holy," oistros "gadfly," originally "thing causing madness;" Sanskrit esati "drives on," yasati "boils;" Avestan aesma "anger"). Old English irre in a similar sense is from an adjective irre "wandering, straying, angry," cognate with Old Saxon irri "angry," Old High German irri "wandering, deranged," also "angry;" Gothic airzeis "astray," and Latin errare "wander, go astray, angry" (see err (v.)).
不择手段背单词	n. 大怒 = wrath 【记】I我re热: 气得我浑身发热. 【反】mollify(v 平息; 抚慰)
趣味全助记	【记】ire是愤怒的词根；有报导说清华教授的孩子被售票员活活掐死了，每人都跟贴说, I re(我re)，一定要顶入十大！→愤怒【相关】irritate 愤怒

Ire N Anger Wrath Latin Irre Wandering Irri