savage

英 ['s?v?d?] 美['s?v?d?]

反義詞

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復數:?savages;第三人稱單數:?savages;過去式:?savaged;過去分詞:?savaged;現在分詞:?savaging;副詞:?savagely;

1. (未開化的)年代要常喊救命 =brutal.

savage 野人

來自古法語 sauvage,野人，來自拉丁語 salvaticus,野蠻的，來自 silva,森林，林地，詞源同 sylvan, 森林。引申諸相關詞義。

savage: savage: [13] A savage is etymologically someone who comes from the ‘woods’ – woodlands being anciently viewed as places of untamed nature, beyond the pale of civilized human society. The word comes via Old French sauvage from Vulgar Latin *salvāticus, an alteration of Latin silvāticus ‘of the woods, wild’. This was a derivative of silva ‘woods, forest’ (source of English sylvan [16]), a word of uncertain origin.
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savage (adj.): mid-13c., "fierce, ferocious;" c. 1300, "wild, undomesticated, untamed" (of animals and places), from Old French sauvage, salvage "wild, savage, untamed, strange, pagan," from Late Latin salvaticus, alteration of silvaticus "wild," literally "of the woods," from silva "forest, grove" (see sylvan). Of persons, the meaning "reckless, ungovernable" is attested from c. 1400, earlier in sense "indomitable, valiant" (c. 1300).
savage (n.): "wild person," c. 1400, from savage (adj.).
savage (v.): "to tear with the teeth, maul," 1880, from savage (adj.). Earlier "to act the savage" (1560s). Related: Savaged; savaging.

1. In fact, Richard Savage had known Edward Bellamy a scant five hours.: 實際上，理查德·薩維奇和愛德華·貝拉米相識才僅僅5個小時。

4. Such a savage punishment is abhorrent to a civilized society.: 這樣殘暴的懲罰是與文明社會相抵觸的.

5. He received a savage blow on the head; that did for him.: 他頭上遭到一記猛擊, 就完蛋了.