| 单词 | savage |
| 释义 | savage (once / 97 pages) adjnv A polar bear in a zoo might look like an adorable giant stuffed animal, but if you met a hungry one in its native environment, it would seem more savage — wild and fierce — than cute. Describing an animal as savage means that it is true to its wild, ferocious nature, but if you describe a person or the actions of a person as savage, it means "cruel" or "brutal." A place can also be described as savage if it's untamed, uninhabitable, and unwelcoming. When savage takes the form of a noun, it means "a brutal person," and when it's a verb it means "to attack ferociously." Any way you use it, savage is uncivilized and violent. WORD FAMILYsavage: savaged, savagely, savageness, savager, savagery, savages, savagest, savaging+/savagery: savageries USAGE EXAMPLESBut then Savage suffered a concussion during Sunday’s defeat at Tennessee. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) But Savage’s status for this week is in question after he suffered a concussion in the second quarter of a loss to Tennessee on Sunday. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) The health of Tom Savage and Matt McGloin will be the deciding factors. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1adj without civilizing influences a savage people Syn barbarian, barbaric, uncivilised, uncivilized, wild noncivilised, noncivilized not having a high state of culture and social development 2adj wild and menacing Syn feral, ferine untamed, wild in a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated 3adj (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering a savage slap Syn barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, vicious inhumane reflecting lack of pity or compassion 4adj marked by extreme and violent energy Syn ferocious, fierce, furious violent acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity 5n a member of an uncivilized people Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper barbarian Odovacar Germanic barbarian leader who ended the Western Roman Empire in 476 and became the first barbarian ruler of Italy (434-493) anthropophagite, anthropophagus, cannibal, man-eater a person who eats human flesh head-shrinker, headhuntera savage who cuts off and preserves the heads of enemies as trophies hunter-gatherera member of a hunting and gathering society Vandala member of the Germanic people who overran Gaul and Spain and North Africa and sacked Rome in 455 primitive, primitive person a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization 6n a cruelly rapacious person Syn|Hyper beast, brute, wildcat, wolf aggressor, assailant, assaulter, attacker someone who attacks 7v attack brutally and fiercely Hyper assail, assault, attack, set on attack someone physically or emotionally 8v criticize harshly or violently The press savaged the new President Syn|Hyper blast, crucify, pillory criticise, criticize, knock, pick apart find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws |
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