Question

savage是啥意思

Answer 1

savage作名词时意思是“未开化的；粗鲁的人；残暴成性的人”，作及物动词时意思是“乱咬；粗暴的对待”，作形容词时意思是“野蛮的；残酷的；狂怒的；荒凉的”。

1、ADJ-GRADED  凶恶的;残暴的;凶猛的;野的;未驯服的 Someone or something that is savage is extremely cruel, violent, and uncontrolled.

This was a savage attack on a defenceless young girl.这是对一个毫无自卫能力的年轻女孩的野蛮袭击。

2、N-COUNT  野蛮人;未开化的人 If you refer to people as savages, you dislike them because you think that they do not have an advanced society and are violent.

their conviction that the area was a frozen desert peopled with uncouth savages.他们深信该地区曾是严寒的沙漠并居住着未开化的野人

3、VERB  (狗等)凶猛地攻击，撕咬 If someone is savaged by a dog or other animal, the animal attacks them violently.

The animal then turned on him and he was savaged to death.接着野兽突然袭击了他，最后把他咬死了。