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单词 bellicose
释义
bellicosebel‧li‧cose /ˈbelɪkəʊs $ -koʊs/ adjective formal Word Origin
WORD ORIGINbellicose
Origin:
1400-1500 Latin bellicosus, from bellum ‘war’
Examples
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  • A large man in every way, he was tall and big-bellied; bellicose when fondest, hearty when not.
  • It is on the underside of this plate that the bellicose termite constructs its most spectacular architectural invention.
  • So when the shivering fit is over I write my bellicose article and no one would guess that I ever hesitated.
  • The bellicose termite belongs to a group that uses a different digestive method.
  • The emergence of bellicose private security forces enforcing order at these parties is an allied worry.
  • They are not practical instruments of warfare, though they genuinely reflect the factious bellicose tendencies of their builders.
  • They were belligerent, they were bellicose, they were snotty, they were downright rude.
behaving in a way that is likely to start an argument or fight SYN  aggressive:  bellicose criticismbellicosity /ˌbelɪˈkɒsəti $ -ˈkɑː-/ noun [uncountable]
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