| 单词 | belligerent |
| 释义 | belligerent —belligerently, adv. /beuh lij"euhr euhnt/, adj. 1. warlike; given to waging war. 2. of warlike character; aggressively hostile; bellicose: a belligerent tone. 3. waging war; engaged in war: a peace treaty between belligerent powers. 4. pertaining to war or to those engaged in war: belligerent rights. n. 5. a state or nation at war. 6. a member of the military forces of such a state. [1570-80; < L belliger waging war (belli-, comb. form of bellum war + ger-, base of gerere to conduct) + -ENT; r. belligerant < L belligerant- (s. of belligerans, prp. of belligerare to wage war; see -ANT)] Syn. 2. pugnacious, truculent, combative, quarrelsome, antagonistic, contentious. |
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