| 单词 | pugnacious |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [pʌg'neiʃəs] |
| 解释 | a.好斗的 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 adj.好斗的(having a quarrelsome or combative nature; truculent) 【记】 pugn(打斗)＋acious →好斗的 【同】 派生词: pugnacity (n. 好斗性) 【例】 The pugnacious student was sent to the principal's office. |
| 字源 | pugnacious (adj.) 1640s, a back-formation from pugnacity or else from Latin pugnacis, genitive of pugnax "combative, fond of fighting," from pugnare "to fight," especially with the fists, "contend against," from pugnus "a fist," from PIE *pung-, nasalized form of root *peuk-, *peug- "to stick, stab, to prick" (cognates: Greek pyx "with clenched fist," pygme "fist, boxing," pyktes "boxer;" Latin pungere "to pierce, prick"). |
| 不择手段背单词 | 无 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】音：怕个哪个→打；近于pungent 刺激性的, 辛辣的, 苦痛的, 严厉的 |
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