單詞
savage
英 ['s?v?d?]
美['s?v?d?]
基本信息
- adj. 野蠻的；殘酷的；狂怒的；荒涼的
- n. 未開化的；粗魯的人；殘暴成性的人
- vt. 亂咬；粗暴的對待
- n. (Savage)人名；(西)薩瓦赫；(英、德)薩維奇
CET6TEM4IELTSGRE考研中低頻詞常用詞匯
詞態變化
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;
助記提示
1. (未開化的)年代要常喊救命 =brutal.
中文詞源
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。
英文詞源
- 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.
=> sylvan - 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.
雙語例句
- 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。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. My name is Richard Savage, your Lordship.
- 尊敬的閣下，我叫理查德·薩維奇。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. They were savage and bloodthirsty.
- 他們野蠻殘暴。
來自柯林斯例句
- 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.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 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.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》