ferocity
ferocity 英 [fəˈrɒsəti] 美 [fəˈrɑsəti]
n. 凶猛；残忍；暴行
名词复数:ferocities
- Ferocity is the state of being ferocious — wild, scary, and fierce. A five year-old girl pretending to be a lion will display her ferocity by roaring and baring her teeth.
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- n. 凶猛；残忍；暴行
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1. Despite his reputation for ferocity on the battlefield, he tended to eat and drink lightly during large banquets.
尽管在战场上以凶猛残暴而闻名，他在大型宴会上却往往吃喝不多。
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2. The glaciers are melting, storms have increased in ferocity, there are landslides and floods, followed by droughts and deforestation.
冰川在融化，风暴在凶猛增加，山体滑坡和洪水，随之而来的是干旱和森林砍伐。
- ferocity (n.) c. 1600, from French férocité, from Latin ferocitatem (nominative ferocitas) "fierceness," from ferocis, oblique case of ferox "bold, courageous, warlike; fierce, savage, headstrong, cruel," literally "wild-looking," a derivative of ferus "wild" (from PIE root *ghwer- "wild beast") + -ox (genitive -ocis), a suffix meaning "looking or appearing" (cognate with Greek ops "eye, sight;" from PIE root *okw- "to see").
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