ferocity

英 [fəˈrɒsəti]

美 [fəˈrɑːsəti]

n.  残暴; 凶猛; 凶恶; 猛烈

复数：ferocities　

TEM8

BNC.14118 / COCA.15993

牛津词典

noun

• 残暴；凶猛；凶恶；猛烈
  violence; aggressive behaviour
  1. The police were shocked by the ferocity of the attack.
     警方对那起攻击的凶残感到震惊。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 凶猛;狂暴;激烈
  Theferocityof something is its fierce or violent nature.
  1. The armed forces seem to have been taken by surprise by the ferocity of the attack.
     进攻非常猛烈,武装部队似乎被打了个措手不及。

英英释义

noun

• the property of being wild or turbulent
  1. the storm's violence
  Synonym:fiercenessfuriousnessfuryvehemenceviolencewildness

双语例句

• However, if attacked, the laughing brewmasters bring all of their pandaren agility and ferocity to bear!
  可是被攻击的话，微笑的酿酒大师会运用熊猫人的敏捷和凶猛！
• Against a common foe, Elves and forest creatures fight as one, combining the skill of the elder race with the sheer elemental power and ferocity of the forest.
  对于共同的敌人，精灵和森林的生物会结合年长者的经验技术和森林生物的自然能量与凶猛，齐心协力去战斗。
• The hissing of the serpent shall strike back at this world with unexpected ferocity.
  蛇的吐舌声会凶猛的突击这个世界。
• The patriarch of the house, Mr Jawad, rules it with a ferocity renowned throughout the neighbourhood
  那户人家的家长贾瓦德先生治家严苛，名闻乡里。
• The ferocity of them frightened me.
  他们的残暴吓坏了我。
• A half-civilized ferocity lurked yet in the depressed brows and eyes full of black fire, but it was subdued;
  一种半开化的野性还潜伏在那凹下的眉毛和那充满了黑黑的火焰的眼睛里，但是已经被克制住了。
• Witnesses were shocked by the ferocity of the attack.
  目击者被凶猛的攻击吓呆了。
• The action moves with truth, ferocity, and surprise toward a climax that contains the racial history of America.
  这个行动以真实性，残忍性和惊人的场面发展到高潮，其中包括美国的种族史。
• The armed forces seem to have been taken by surprise by the ferocity of the attack.
  进攻非常猛烈，武装部队似乎被打了个措手不及。
• The artistic image of his ugliness in appearance but beauty in heart, his ferocity to ghosts but kindness to man is very valuable to us.
  这样一个貌丑而心美，对鬼凶而对人善的艺术形象，则是很值得我们珍惜的。