savage

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a. 未开化的, 野蛮的, 无礼的, 残酷的, 原始的, 粗鲁的, 未开发的 vt. 用暴力对付, 凶猛攻击 n. 原始人, 粗鲁人

发音

US /ˈsævɪd͡ʒ/

词形变化

savages 复数 savages savaged savages 三单 savaging savaging 现在分词 savaged 过去式 savaged 过去分词 more savage 比较级 savager savagest most savage 最高级

别名

salvage sav

教材释义与例句

名词

未开化的人;粗鲁的人;残暴成性的人

a very offensive word for someone who has a simple, traditional way of life

动词

乱咬;粗暴的对待

if an animal such as a dog savages someone, it attacks them and injures them badly

形容词

野蛮的;残酷的;狂怒的;荒凉的

very violent or cruel

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person not living in a civilization; a barbarian.

    野蛮人

    贬义 历史
  2. 2.

    An aggressively defiant person.

    比喻

    Their kids are little savages! One of them bit me the other day.

  3. 3.

    Someone who speaks in an audacious, hilarious, and often sarcastic manner.

    俚语
  4. 4.

    A wild and ferocious beast.

    废旧
v.
  1. 1.

    To attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint.

    及物

    No matter how anyone might savage me, I should stay strong.

  2. 2.

    To criticise vehemently.

    比喻 及物

    His latest film was savaged by most reviewers.

  3. 3.

    To attack with the teeth.

    及物
  4. 4.

    To make savage.

    废旧 及物
adj.
  1. 1.

    Wild; not cultivated or tamed.

    残暴

    a savage wilderness

    a savage forest

  2. 2.

    Barbaric; not civilized.

    savage manners

  3. 3.

    Primitive; lacking complexity or sophistication.

  4. 4.

    Fierce and ferocious.

    savage beasts

    a savage spirit

  5. 5.

    Brutal, vicious, or merciless.

    He gave the dog a savage kick.

    The woman was killed in a savage manner.

  6. 6.

    Of an insult or person: disrespectful, audacious, and either blunt or sarcastic, in a hilarious way.

    俚语

    Wow, that was a savage burn. Absolutely no chill.

  7. 7.

    Unpleasant or unfair.

    英国 俚语

    – I'll see you in detention. – Ah, savage!

  8. 8.

    Great, brilliant, amazing.

    爱尔兰 美国 俚语
  9. 9.

    Severe, rude, aggressive.

    美国 俚语

    – They were so savage to them!

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词源

From Middle English savage, from Old French sauvage, salvage (“wild, untamed”), from Late Latin salvāticus, alteration of Latin silvāticus (“wild”, literally “of the woods”), from silva (“forest; grove”). Doublet of sylvatic.

来源:wiktionary