单词 | fury |
释义 | fury (once / 139 pages) n Violent, angry, and ferocious, fury is a feeling of wild, intense anger. Before you let your fury get the best of you, it's good to take a few deep breaths before you speak. Fury is anger times ten — it's unrestrained and maybe a little scary. If you've ever seen a little kid have a raging temper tantrum because it was time to leave the park, you have an idea of what fury looks — and sounds — like. Fury can also describe aspects of nature, like the fury of a hurricane. In Greek mythology, a fury was a spirit of punishment, named for the three Furies, goddesses who punished the guilty. WORD FAMILYfury: furies, furious+/furious: furiously, furiousness USAGE EXAMPLESI got it from both sides: eardrum-denting yells of fury, which managed to break through the noise of surrounding protestors. BBC(Dec 31, 2016) The Rams prevailed, 73-64, but the atmosphere crackled with the type of energy and fury unseen at EagleBank Arena for many winters. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Utah leaders responded with fury, arguing that the president is behaving imperiously, and promised to push for a rollback. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) 1n the property of being wild or turbulent Syn|Hypo|Hyper ferocity, fierceness, furiousness, vehemence, violence, wildness savageness, savagery the property of being untamed and ferocious intensity, intensiveness high level or degree; the property of being intense 2n a feeling of intense anger hell hath no fury like a woman scorned Syn|Hypo|Hyper madness, rage wrath intense anger (usually on an epic scale) lividitya state of fury so great the face becomes discolored anger, choler, ire a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance 3n state of violent mental agitation Syn|Hypo|Hyper craze, delirium, frenzy, hysteria nympholepsy a frenzy of emotion; as for something unattainable epidemic hysertia, mass hysteriaa condition in which a large group of people exhibit the same state of violent mental agitation mania, manic disorder a mood disorder; an affective disorder in which the victim tends to respond excessively and sometimes violently Fury (once / 4885 pages) n WORD FAMILY Fury: Furies USAGE EXAMPLESHatton said he contacted Fury to see if he was all right but said he never got a reply. BBC(Dec 29, 2016) Mad Max: Fury Road followed a host of badass women, all different ages and races. Time(Dec 23, 2016) The Ukrainian, who turns 41 in March, was unbeaten for 11 years before Manchester's Tyson Fury upset him in Dusseldorf last November. BBC(Dec 11, 2016) n (classical mythology) the hideous snake-haired monsters (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals Syn|Exp|Hypo Erinyes, Eumenides mythical creature, mythical monster a monster renowned in folklore and myth Alecto one of the three Furies Megaeraone of the three Furies Tisiphoneone of the three Furies |
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