| 释义 |
menaced, ppl. a.|ˈmɛnəst|
[f. menace v. + -ed1.]
a. Assailed by menaces or threats.
b. Held out or indicated as an intended or probable evil or catastrophe.
c1440Promp. Parv. 324/1 Manassyd, or thret, minatus. 1567Golding Ovid's Met. viii. (1593) 205 The manast oke did quake and sigh. 1644Vicars God in Mount 204 Our menaced Arke was borne up above the..waves. 1738Glover Leonidas i. 10 How best their menac'd liberties to guard. 1803Times 3 Oct., The accounts from France relative to the menaced invasion. 1860Mill Repr. Govt. (1865) 60/2 Injured or menaced interests. |