ferocity
英 [fəˈrɒsəti]
美 [fəˈrɑːsəti]
n. 残暴; 凶猛; 凶恶; 猛烈
复数：ferocities
BNC.14118 / COCA.15993
牛津词典
noun
- 残暴；凶猛；凶恶；猛烈
violence; aggressive behaviour- The police were shocked by the ferocity of the attack.
警方对那起攻击的凶残感到震惊。
- The police were shocked by the ferocity of the attack.
柯林斯词典
- N-UNCOUNT 凶猛;狂暴;激烈
Theferocityof something is its fierce or violent nature.- 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 armed forces seem to have been taken by surprise by the ferocity of the attack.
英英释义
noun
- the property of being wild or turbulent
- the storm's violence
双语例句
- I don't like cocks because of the ferocity.
因为公鸡凶猛所以我不喜欢。 - Perhaps this is the genesis of the rumors of monstrous things reported to resemble the barbarians in size and ferocity, but that are in reality nothing more than unreasoning, inhuman beasts.
这可能是那些流言中关于被传体型和凶猛类似野蛮人的怪物的根源，但事实上那些只不过是无意识的非人野兽罢了。 - For men, the moko showed their rank, their status and their ferocity, or virility.
对男性来说，文身显示着他们的阶层、地位和凶猛或男子的气概。 - 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。 - Witnesses were shocked by the ferocity of the attack.
目击者被凶猛的攻击吓呆了。 - The ferocity of them frightened me.
他们的残暴吓坏了我。 - His pale gray eyes were gleaning with ferocity and triumph.
他那淡灰色的眼睛里闪着残忍和胜利的光芒。 - But the ferocity of the temblors and the huge death tolls may be the only parallels between the two quake-stricken nations.
但是地震的无情和令人震惊的死亡人数可能是海地和中国这两个都被地震侵袭的国家仅有的相同点了。 - He had never heard such ferocity in a man's voice.
他从来没有听到过一个人说话口气会这般恶狠狠的。 - The letter starts off by saying that "many people did foresee the crisis" but no one foresaw the form it would take and its timing, onset and ferocity.
这封信首先指出，“许多人确实预见到了危机”，但没人预见到它的时机、肇始和强度。