单词 | menace |
释义 | menace —menacer, n. —menacingly, adv. /men"is/, n. , v. , menaced, menacing. n. 1. something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat: Air pollution is a menace to health. 2. a person whose actions, attitudes, or ideas are considered dangerous or harmful: When he gets behind the wheel of a car, he's a real menace. 3. an extremely annoying person. v.t. 4. to utter or direct a threat against; threaten. 5. to serve as a probable threat to; imperil. v.i. 6. to express or serve as a threat. [1250-1300; ME < MF < L minacia, equiv. to minac- (s. of minax) jutting out, threatening + -ia -IA] |
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