英语词汇“red in tooth and claw”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P4. red in tooth and claw: characterized by savage violence or merciless competition (chiefly after quot. 1850). Also figurative.

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1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam lv. 80 Tho' Nature, red in tooth and claw With ravine, shriek'd against his creed.

1883 H. B. Gray Mod. Laodiceans ii. 197 I see its bastard brood—murder, red in tooth and claw, creeping in our midst.

1913 Jrnl. Amer. Inst. Criminal Law & Criminol. 3 681 Nor have the eagle-eyed newspapers themselves any great cause for vengeance red in tooth and claw.

1988 J. Neel Death's Bright Angel xi. 104 Henry contemplated with interest this new vision of a Civil Service red in tooth and claw.

2001 Observer 18 Mar. (Britain Uncovered Suppl.) 50/1 While there is a ‘red in tooth and claw’ aspect to this financial sharp end, there is a still larger element in the overclass who do not get their hands quite so dirty.

单词	red in tooth and claw
释义	> as lemmas red in tooth and claw P4. red in tooth and claw: characterized by savage violence or merciless competition (chiefly after quot. 1850). Also figurative. ΚΠ 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam lv. 80 Tho' Nature, red in tooth and claw With ravine, shriek'd against his creed. View more context for this quotation 1883 H. B. Gray Mod. Laodiceans ii. 197 I see its bastard brood—murder, red in tooth and claw, creeping in our midst. 1913 Jrnl. Amer. Inst. Criminal Law & Criminol. 3 681 Nor have the eagle-eyed newspapers themselves any great cause for vengeance red in tooth and claw. 1988 J. Neel Death's Bright Angel xi. 104 Henry contemplated with interest this new vision of a Civil Service red in tooth and claw. 2001 Observer 18 Mar. (Britain Uncovered Suppl.) 50/1 While there is a ‘red in tooth and claw’ aspect to this financial sharp end, there is a still larger element in the overclass who do not get their hands quite so dirty. extracted from redadj.n.adv. < as lemmas
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