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单词 truculent
释义 trucu·lent
\-nt\ adjective
Etymology: Latin truculentus, from truc-, trux wild, fierce; perhaps akin to Middle Irish tru given to death
1. : feeling or evincing savage ferocity : cruel, fierce
 < the fangs of these powerful truculent brutes — W.H.Hudson †1922 >
 < the swordfish … truculent and fearless — F.C.Lane >
2. : possessing an inherent capacity for destruction : deadly
 < the sleek truculent ships steamed along blackly behind their guns — Ira Wolfert >
 < go out and inspect the truculent bomb — Christian Science Monitor >
3. : scathingly harsh : vitriolic, vituperative
 < a truculent document devoted mostly to vilifying — Time >
 < when every English traveler … published a volume of truculent disparagement — V.L.Parrington >
4. : aggressively self-assertive : antagonistic to compromise : belligerent, pugnacious
 < as truculent as a small boy who thinks his big brother can lick anybody — Time >
 < tribute is paid to … his rather truculent skill as a negotiator — Norman MacKenzie >
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