• adj. 殘忍的；驚人的

來自feral, 野生的，狂野的。

ferocious

ferocious: [17] Etymologically, ferocious means ‘wild-eyed’. It comes from Latin ferox, which was originally a compound formed from ferus ‘fierce, wild’ (source of English feral [17]) and an element -oc-, -ox meaning ‘looking, appearing’. This also appears in atrocious and ocular, and goes back to an Indo-European source which also produced Greek ōps ‘eye’ and English eye.
=> atrocious, eye, feral, ocular

ferocious (adj.)

1640s, from Latin ferocis, oblique case of ferox "fierce, wild-looking" (see ferocity). Alternative ferocient (1650s) is seldom seen. Related: Ferociously; ferociousness.

1. A ferocious battle to select a new parliamentary candidate is in progress.

推選一位新的議會候選人的激戰正酣。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Lindbergh was startled at the ferocious depth of anti-British feeling.

反英情緒之深之烈令林德伯格大為震驚。

來自柯林斯例句

3. Once again there's been ferocious blood-letting in the township.

鎮區再次發生了殘忍的流血事件。

來自柯林斯例句

4. Fighting has been ferocious.

戰斗十分激烈。

來自柯林斯例句

5. a man driven by ferocious determination

為強烈的決心所驅使的人

來自《權威詞典》