c. 1600, from French férocité, from Latin ferocitatem (nominative ferocitas) "fierceness," from ferocis, oblique case of ferox "bold, courageous, warlike; fierce, savage, headstrong, cruel," literally "wild-looking," a derivative of ferus "wild" (see fierce) + -ox, -ocem (genitive -ocis), a suffix meaning "looking or appearing" (cognate with Greek ops "eye, sight;" see eye (n.)).
实用例句
1. His intensity and the ferocity of his feelings alarmed me.
他感情之激烈和狂暴都让我惊恐。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The police were shocked by the ferocity of the attack.
警方对那起攻击的凶残感到震惊。
来自《权威词典》
3. The uprising was put down with the utmost ferocity.
起义被极端残酷地镇压下去了.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. He had never heard such ferocity in a man's voice.
