feral
feral 英 [ˈferəl] 美 [ˈfɪrəl, ˈfɛr-]
adj. 野生的；凶猛的；阴郁的
名词复数:ferals
- When animal control finds a feral dog, they have to handle it very carefully because the animal is so wild that it's probably afraid of humans and likely to bite.
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- adj. 野生的；凶猛的；阴郁的
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1. feral American mink on the continent are even more damaging than they are here, as they drive out the endangered European mink.
野生美国貂对这块大陆造成的破坏甚至比在美国本地更甚，因为它们把濒危的欧洲貂赶走了。
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2. Pristine areas faced their biggest threat from introduced feral animal and plant species including pigs, rabbits, foxes, buffaloes and noxious weeds, the report said.
报告称，这些原始地区最大的威胁来自野生动植物，其中包括猪、兔子、狐狸、水牛以及有毒野草。
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3. The "service-users" - as the volunteers here call them - are a truly disparate group - some look as if they've just stepped off the tube after a busy day at work, others are unkempt and smell feral.
这些“服务使用者”——这儿的志愿者这样叫他们——确实是一群异类——有些人看上去好像刚从忙碌工作了一天的管子上下来，其他人则衣衫蓬乱，带着凶猛的气息。
- feral (adj.) c. 1600, "wild, undomesticated," from Middle French feral "wild," from Latin fera, in phrase fera bestia "wild animal," from ferus "wild" (from PIE root *ghwer- "wild beast"). Since 19c. commonly "run wild, having escaped from domestication."
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