truculent
英 ['trʌkjʊl(ə)nt]
美['trʊkjʊlənt]
- adj. 好斗的；野蛮的；言词刻毒的
词态变化
副词: truculently;名词: truculence;
中文词源
truculent 好斗的
来自拉丁语 truculentus,好斗的，狂暴的，野蛮的，来自 trux,狂野的，野蛮的。
英英释意
- 1. defiantly aggressive;
- "as truculent as a small boy who thinks his big brother can lick anybody"
- 2. aggressively hostile;
- "a truculent speech against the new government"
英文词源
- truculent (adj.)
- 1530s, from Latin truculentus "fierce, savage, stern, harsh, cruel," from trux (genitive trucis) "fierce, rough, savage, wild." Related: Truculently.
实用场景例句
- He became very truculent and started arguing with me angrily.
- 他当时盛气凌人,气冲冲地同我吵了起来.
期刊摘选
- He was seen as truculent, temperamental, too unwilling to tolerate others.
- 他们认为他为人蛮横无理, 性情暴躁, 不大能容人.
辞典例句
- It was his usual aspect, and a truculent one.
- 这是他惯常的模样, 是一种好斗的表情.
辞典例句
- He become very truculent and start argue with me angrily.
- 他当时盛气凌人,气冲冲地同我吵了起来.
期刊摘选
- She wondered why her son held such a truculent attitude towards his new classmates.
- 她想知道儿子为什么对新同学态度那么尖刻.
期刊摘选
- But if early Carter was too trusting, then early Reagan was too truculent.
- 可是,如果说初期的卡特过于相信对手的话, 那么上台不久的里根却过分苛刻挑剔.
期刊摘选
- The policeman caught something in the tone and looked over with truculent eyes.
- 那个警察也听出他声调里有问题,于是用严厉的目光向这边看.
辞典例句
- Gallagher was truculent as though he knew he were going to be beaten.
- 加拉赫似乎自知败局已定,开口就没好气.
辞典例句
- He was in no truculent state of mind now.
- 这会儿他心肠一点也不狠毒了.
辞典例句