savagery

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Savage or brutal behaviour; barbarity. uncountable
    — “For some reason the women have not reverted to savagery so rapidly as the men.”
  2. A violent act of cruelty. countable
  3. Savages collectively; the world of savages. countable,uncountable
    — They spring out of an element of diffused homosexuality which is at least as marked in civilization as it is in savagery.
  4. Wild growth of plants. uncountable
    — […] they […] made, amongst other features, lead ponds. With their departure these lands once more reverted to savagery; gardening, along with virtually all aspects of culture, disappeared and with it the man-made water gardens.

词形变化

savageries plural

词汇关系

衍生词
semisavagery sweet savagery

词源

Etymology tree
English savage
Middle English -re,-ri,-rie,-ry,-rye
English -ry
English savagery
From savage + -ry.
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