ferocious是什么意思

adj. 残忍的；惊人的

中文词源

ferocious 残暴的

来自feral, 野生的，狂野的。

ferocious: ferocious: [17] Etymologically, ferocious means ‘wild-eyed’. It comes from Latin ferox, which was originally a compound formed from ferus ‘fierce, wild’ (source of English feral [17]) and an element -oc-, -ox meaning ‘looking, appearing’. This also appears in atrocious and ocular, and goes back to an Indo-European source which also produced Greek ōps ‘eye’ and English eye.
=> atrocious, eye, feral, ocular
ferocious (adj.): 1640s, from Latin ferocis, oblique case of ferox "fierce, wild-looking" (see ferocity). Alternative ferocient (1650s) is seldom seen. Related: Ferociously; ferociousness.

1. A ferocious battle to select a new parliamentary candidate is in progress.: 推选一位新的议会候选人的激战正酣。

2. Lindbergh was startled at the ferocious depth of anti-British feeling.: 反英情绪之深之烈令林德伯格大为震惊。

3. Once again there's been ferocious blood-letting in the township.: 镇区再次发生了残忍的流血事件。