| 单词 | sanguinary |
| 释义 | sanguinary (once / 2421 pages) adj When something is sanguinary it involves a lot of blood or, at least, the pursuit of blood. Vampire movies are sanguinary: Romper Room is not. If you're familiar with French, then you'll recognize the French word for "blood," sang, in sanguinary. And if you do, then you'll have no trouble remembering the meaning, "having a bloodthirsty quality." Movies have become increasingly sanguinary. Why all the blood and gore? What happened to good old-fashioned suspense? WORD FAMILYsanguinary: sanguinarily USAGE EXAMPLESHe more closely resembled the Spanish colonial governor-generals, many of whom were benign autocrats, than the sanguinary military leaders of the 20th century. The Guardian(Nov 26, 2016) The O’Neill work is based in turn on “The Oresteia,” the Aeschylus tragedy about the sanguinary curse on the House of Atreus. New York Times(Feb 15, 2015) The new project isn’t sanguinary in such a physical sense, but it is about defining artistic genealogy and perpetuating a lineage. New York Times(Aug 20, 2014) 1adj accompanied by bloodshed this bitter and sanguinary war Syn butcherly, gory, sanguineous, slaughterous bloody having or covered with or accompanied by blood 2adj marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed "went after the collaborators with a sanguinary fury that drenched the land with blood"-G.W.Johnson Syn bloodthirsty, bloody-minded bloody having or covered with or accompanied by blood |
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