| 单词 | feral |
| 释义 | feral (once / 12185 pages) adj When animal control finds a feral dog, they have to handle it very carefully because the animal is so wild that it's probably afraid of humans and likely to bite. Feral is often used to describe a wild, untamed animal, like the feral cat with its claws and sharp teeth menacingly bared, ready to strike. Qualities that are similar to a wild animal can also be called feral. The child who grew alone up in a cabin in the woods, and who didn't go to school, was called feral when she ran away from the orphanage. WORD FAMILYferal: ferally USAGE EXAMPLESThe place was snugly feral, lacquered with graffiti, some of it added during shooting. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) But he gets quite adept at violence; he grows feral. New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) Friends of 29-year-old Feral Pines say she identified with that name and are fighting to keep her birth name off some official records. Seattle Times(Dec 09, 2016) adj wild and menacing a pack of feral dogs Syn ferine, savage untamed, wild in a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated |
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