新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

savage

英  [ˈsævɪdʒ]
    

[ADJ, NOUN, VERB]

    ADJ. 形容词
  • 1野蛮的 , 残暴的

    Someone or something that is savage is extremely cruel, violent, and uncontrolled.

    近义词

    vicious

    双语例句

    例:

    This was a savage attack on a defenceless young girl.

    这是对一个手无缚鸡之力的小姑娘的野蛮袭击。

    例:

    the savage wave of violence that swept the country in November 1987.

    1987年11月席卷了该国的野蛮暴力浪潮。

    NOUN. 名词
  • savages

    1[C 可数名词] 野蛮人 , 残暴的人

    If you refer to people as savages, you dislike them because you think that they do not have an advanced society and are violent.

    双语例句

    例:

    their conviction that the area was a frozen desert peopled with uncouth savages.

    他们深信该地区是一片冰冷的沙漠,居住着尚未开化的野蛮人。

    VERB. 动词
  • savages , savaging , savaged

    1[T 及物动词] (动物)凶猛地攻击

    If someone is savaged by a dog or other animal, the animal attacks them violently.

    双语例句

    例:

    The animal then turned on him and he was savaged to death.

    那只猛兽继而扑向他,将他攻击至死。