首页pugnaciouspugnacious英英释意

pugnacious

英 [pʌg'neɪʃəs] 美[pʌg'neʃəs]
  • adj. 好斗的,好战的

英英释意


1. tough and callous by virtue of experience
2. ready and able to resort to force or violence;
"pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance"- Herman Melville
"they were rough and determined fighting men"