bellicose
英 ['belɪkəʊs] 美
| 近义词 | offensive 、 defiant 、 belligerent 、 contentious | ||
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- adj. 好战的；好斗的
词态变化
名词: bellicosity;
中文词源
bellicose 好战的
来自词根bell, 好战，词源同duel, 决斗。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. He expressed alarm about the government's increasingly bellicose statements.
- 他对政府越来越具挑衅性的声明表示担忧。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. He expressed alarm about the government's increasingly bellicose statements.
- 他对政府越来越具挑衅性的声明表示担忧。
来自辞典例句
- 3. The animal was studying him with bellicose curiosity.
- 这个畜生正在用一种好战的好奇眼光仔细察看着他.
来自英汉文学 - 热爱生命
- 4. His bellicose disposition alienated his friend.
- 他生性好斗,他的朋友们都疏远了他.
来自辞典例句
- 5. Faber had imagined them to be young, fit , aggressive and bellicose as well as clever.
- 在费伯的想象中,他们都是年富力强, 逞能好斗,聪明伶俐的人.
来自辞典例句