| 单词 | minatory |
| 释义 | minatory (once / 50727 pages) adj Minatory means threatening. When you petition the school for higher academic standards––i.e. harder grading from teachers––you may receive some minatory looks, or even hate notes, from the kids in your school. Minatory derives from the Latin menatorius, "menace," and has nothing at all to do with the Greek legends of the Minotaur. But think of the Minotaur anyway––it was half-man, half-bull, lived inside a labyrinth, and could only be appeased if it was being sent young women to devour. If that's not threatening, or minatory, behavior, nothing is. WORD FAMILYminatory USAGE EXAMPLESA recent poem, “Interlude: Thought Provoking Matter,” suggests the almost minatory allure of grammatical tangles: The New Yorker(Apr 18, 2016) The two sunken pools at the base of the tower that memorialise the victims also have a minatory feel. BBC(Nov 22, 2013) A minatory brief of April 28, 1236, addressed to him, is couched in the severest language. Lea, Henry Charles, A History of The Inquisition of The...(2012) adj threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments Syn baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, ominous, sinister, threatening alarming frightening because of an awareness of danger |
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