英语词汇“menace”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	menace
释义	men·ace I. \ˈmenəs also -nis\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English manace, menasse, from Middle French manace, menace, from Latin minacia, from minac-, minax projecting, threatening (from minari to project, threaten) + -ia -y — more at mount 1. a. : a show of intention to inflict harm : a threatening gesture, statement, or act < menaces of damnation — T.S.Eliot > < spitting angry menaces at her — Arnold Bennett > < would advance with simulated menace — Osbert Lancaster > < exploding in menaces and threats of vengeance — George Meredith > b. : threatening import, character, or aspect : threat < ominous silence of the woods held no menace for her — Osbert Sitwell > < the menace of the European war to American interests — C.B.Forcey > < the sky became leaden with vague menace — Adrian Bell > < with a hysterical cry of menace — C.G.D.Roberts > c. : the condition of being threatened : a threatening atmosphere or situation < in the menace and confusion of the … postwar period — Hans Weigel > : impending evil < a sense of menace, of unease, runs through their conversation — T.H.White b.1915 > 2. a. : someone or something that represents a threat : danger < tuberculosis and sphilis were major menaces — T.H.Fielding > < the intoxicated motorist is a menace to life and limb — Wayne Hughes > < the menaces of air, such as tornado and whirlwind — Osbert Sitwell > b. : a person whose actions or idiosyncrasies cause intense annoyance or discomfiture < that boy's a menace > < her friends were beginning to find her a menace — Guy McCrone > II. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English manacen, menacen, from Middle French manacer, menacer, from manace, menace, n. *transitive verb* 1. a. : to make a show of intention to harm : make a threatening gesture, statement, or act against < menaced him with immediate expulsion — G.B.Shaw > b. : to threaten the infliction of : offer threat of < menacing the emperor's displeasure — S.T.Coleridge > < he menaced ruin — H.R.Trevor-Roper > 2. : to represent or pose a threat to : endanger < the ferries were menaced by floating mines — P.W.Thompson > < mature bolls are menaced by the army worm — American Guide Series: Arkansas > *intransitive verb* : to make a threatening gesture, statement, or act < the few snakes that menace with their mouths open — C.H.Curran & Carl Kauffeld > Synonyms: see threaten
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