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单词
truculence
释义
truculent
truc‧u‧lent
/
ˈtrʌkjələnt
/
adjective
literary
Word Origin
WORD ORIGIN
truculent
Origin:
1500-1600
Latin
truculentus
, from
trux
‘fierce’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
The National Assembly was being
truculent
over the budget proposals.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
He still took care to be rude and
truculent
at school to keep up appearances, but the old venom had faded.
It was also in the Celtic countries that Romanization celebrated its most
truculent
triumph.
Managers of existing systems reacted to these proposals with
truculent
hostility.
Mr Sylvester, regarding Nails, would have described him as
truculent
and downright unattractive.
No-Eyes, bored and
truculent
, saw the very same things but saw them as boring and limited.
No sign of a
truculent
Grimsby or a pugnacious Pontefract yet, but I wouldn't hold your breath.
The company had weathered intemperate climates,
truculent
soldiers, and cat-sized rats in one place they stayed along the tour.
This was particularly obnoxious to the
truculent
Arista.
bad-tempered and always willing to argue with people
SYN
awkward
:
a truculent attitude
—
truculently
adverb
—
truculence
noun
[uncountable]
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