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ferocity

英 [fə'rɒsɪtɪ]美 [fə'rɑsəti]

n. 凶猛；残忍；暴行

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1. 谐音“匪烙尸体”。
2. fierce => ferocity.
3. 谐音“吠、勒(烙)、撕、踢”----一边凶恶地吠叫，一边要勒死别人，还要边撕边踢，这也太狠了吧。

英语词源

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" (see fierce) + -ox, -ocem (genitive -ocis), a suffix meaning "looking or appearing" (cognate with Greek ops "eye, sight;" see eye (n.)).

权威例句

1. His intensity and the ferocity of his feelings alarmed me.

他感情之激烈和狂暴都让我惊恐。

2. The police were shocked by the ferocity of the attack.

警方对那起攻击的凶残感到震惊。

3. The uprising was put down with the utmost ferocity.

起义被极端残酷地镇压下去了.

4. 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.

5. It attacks its prey with great ferocity.

它非常凶猛地攻击猎物.

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