savage
savage 英 [ˈsævɪdʒ] 美 [ˈsævɪdʒ]
adj. 野蛮的；凶猛的 n. 野蛮人 vt. 猛烈攻击
进行时:savaging 过去式:savaged 过去分词:savaged 第三人称单数:savages 名词复数:savages
- A polar bear in a zoo might look like an adorable giant stuffed animal, but if you met a hungry one in its native environment, it would seem more savage — wild and fierce — than cute.
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- adj. 野蛮的；凶猛的
- n. 野蛮人
- vt. 猛烈攻击
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1. savage dogs
恶狗
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2. She had been badly hurt in what police described as ‘a savage attack’.
她遭受袭击而身受重伤，警方称这是一次“野蛮的袭击”。
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3. savage public spending cuts
拚命削减公共开支
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4. The article was a savage attack on the government's record.
文章对政府的业绩进行了猛烈的抨击。
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5. a savage tribe
野蛮部落
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6. savagely attacked, savagely criticized
受到猛烈的攻击╱批评
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7. the development of the human race from primitive savages
人类走出蒙昧的演进过程
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8. He described the attack as the work of savages.
他把这次袭击称为野蛮行径。
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9. She was savaged to death by a bear.
她遭熊袭击而丧命。
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10. Her latest novel has been savaged by the critics.
她最近的一部小说受到评论家的猛烈批评。
- savage (adj.) mid-13c., "fierce, ferocious;" c. 1300, "wild, undomesticated, untamed" (of animals and places), from Old French sauvage, salvage "wild, savage, untamed, strange, pagan," from Late Latin salvaticus, alteration of silvaticus "wild," literally "of the woods," from silva "forest, grove" (see sylvan). Of persons, the meaning "reckless, ungovernable" is attested from c. 1400, earlier in sense "indomitable, valiant" (c. 1300).
- savage (n.) "wild person," c. 1400, from savage (adj.).
- savage (v.) "to tear with the teeth, maul," 1880, from savage (adj.). Earlier "to act the savage" (1560s). Related: Savaged; savaging.
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