bellicose
英 ['bel?k??s]
美
- adj. 好戰的；好斗的
GRE暢通詞匯
詞態變化
名詞:?bellicosity;
中文詞源
bellicose 好戰的
來自詞根bell, 好戰，詞源同duel, 決斗。
英文詞源
- bellicose
- bellicose: see rebel
- bellicose (adj.)
- early 15c., "warlike," from Latin bellicosus "warlike, valorous, given to fighting," from bellicus "of war," from bellum "war," Old Latin duellum, dvellum, which is of uncertain origin.
雙語例句
- 1. He expressed alarm about the government's increasingly bellicose statements.
- 他對政府越來越具挑釁性的聲明表示擔憂。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He expressed alarm about the government's increasingly bellicose statements.
- 他對政府越來越具挑釁性的聲明表示擔憂。
來自辭典例句
- 3. The animal was studying him with bellicose curiosity.
- 這個畜生正在用一種好戰的好奇眼光仔細察看著他.
來自英漢文學 - 熱愛生命
- 4. His bellicose disposition alienated his friend.
- 他生性好斗,他的朋友們都疏遠了他.
來自辭典例句
- 5. Faber had imagined them to be young, fit , aggressive and bellicose as well as clever.
- 在費伯的想象中,他們都是年富力強, 逞能好斗,聰明伶俐的人.
來自辭典例句