英単語

ferociousの意味・使い方・発音

ferocious

英 [fə'rəʊʃəs] 美 [fə'roʃəs]
  • adj.残忍な、衝撃的な

語源


獰猛な残忍な

野生の、野生の、野生の。

英語の語源


ferocious
ferocious: [17] Etymologically, ferocious means ‘wild-eyed’. It comes from Latin ferox, which was originally a compound formed from ferus ‘fierce, wild’ (source of English feral [17]) and an element -oc-, -ox meaning ‘looking, appearing’. This also appears in atrocious and ocular, and goes back to an Indo-European source which also produced Greek ōps ‘eye’ and English eye.
=> atrocious, eye, feral, ocular
ferocious (adj.)
1640s, from Latin ferocis, oblique case of ferox "fierce, wild-looking" (see ferocity). Alternative ferocient (1650s) is seldom seen. Related: Ferociously; ferociousness.

例文


1. A ferocious battle to select a new parliamentary candidate is in progress.
新しい議会候補者を選ぶ激戦が繰り広げられている。

2.Lindbergh was startled at the ferocious depth of anti-British feeling.
反英感情の深さにリンドバーグは大いに驚いた。

3.Once again there 's been ferocious blood-letting in the township.
町で再び残忍な流血が発生した。

4.Fighting has been ferocious .
戦闘は非常に激しい。

5.a man driven by ferocious determination
強い決意に駆られた人

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