barbarous

FREQ #37559

a. 野蛮的, 残暴的, 粗野的

发音

US /ˈbɑː(ɹ)bəɹəs/

词形变化

more barbarous 比较级 most barbarous 最高级

别名

barbarouse

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Not classical or pure.

  2. 2.

    Uncivilized, uncultured.

  3. 3.

    Mercilessly or impudently violent or cruel, savage.

  4. 4.

    Like a barbarian, especially in sound; noisy, dissonant.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 6

fell cruel brutal vicious savage roughshod

近义相关 3

inhumane noncivilised noncivilized

相关短语

Barbarous Age

词源

Late Middle English, from Latin barbarus (“foreigner, savage”), from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “foreign, strange”).

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