| 单词 | avenger |
| 释义 | avenger (once / 2813 pages) n A person who seeks revenge can be called an avenger. If you pay your brother back for eating all the cookies by finishing the last of his ice cream, you are an avenger of sorts. You may have heard of the comic book, TV, and movie superheroes called "The Avengers," but they're only one group of famous literary avengers. You could also call Shakespeare's Hamlet, who gets revenge for his father's death, an avenger. Most of the characters in the Greek classic "The Iliad" are avengers, too. The Old French root, avengier, means "to take revenge." WORD FAMILYavenger: avengers+/avenge: avenged, avenger, avenges, avenging/avenged: unavenged USAGE EXAMPLESThe list of token women is a long: Black Widow in The Avengers. Time(Dec 23, 2016) There are exceptions like the Fast and Furious series and, lately at least, the Avengers. Time(Dec 23, 2016) Like Civil War, Deadpool was comparatively modest when stacked next to the carnage depicted in Man of Steel or the Avengers movies. The Guardian(Dec 12, 2016) n someone who takes vengeance Syn|Hyper retaliator aggressor, assailant, assaulter, attacker someone who attacks |
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