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单词 fury
释义 fu·ry
\ˈfyu̇rē, ˈfyür-, -ri\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle English furie, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French, from Latin furia, from furere to be mad, rage + -ia -y — more at dust
1.
 a. : violent anger : extreme wrath : rage
  < heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury like a woman scorned — William Congreve >
 b. : a passionate fit : frenzy
  < roused his listeners to a fury of compassionate indignation — American Guide Series: New York City >
 c. : something that appears to be driven by rage : violent turbulence
  < the first fury of the storm had spent itself — E.A.Poe >
 d. : the savagery of an animal
  < taught them how to match their skill against the cunning and fierce fury of the fastest of the ocean denizens — T.C.Roughley >
2. [Middle English furie, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin Furiae, from plural of furia]
 a. usually capitalized : an avenging deity of ancient Greece and Rome
 b. : an avenging or infernal spirit
  < liberated from the furies of his conscience — W.A.Kaufmann >
 c. : one who resembles an avenging or infernal spirit; especially : a malicious or spiteful woman
  < sometimes she behaves like … a vindictive fury — Rosemary Benét >
3. : extreme impetuosity or violence : unrestrained force
 < attacked with fury and precision — T.R.Hay >
4. : a state of inspired exaltation : afflatus
 < in an age of formalism, poetic fury itself became a formal requirement — Irving Babbitt >
Synonyms: see anger

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