peril

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A situation of serious and immediate danger. countable,uncountable
    — Your life is in peril.
  2. Something that causes, contains, or presents danger. countable,uncountable
    — the perils of the jungle (animals and insects, weather, etc.)
  3. An event which causes a loss, or the risk of a specific such event. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To cause to be in danger; to imperil; to risk. transitive
    — And are we, Mr. President, who stood by our country then, who threw open our coffers, who bared our bosoms, who freely perilled all in that conflict, to be reproached with want of attachment to the Union?

词形变化

perils plural perils present,singular,third-person periling US,participle,present perilling UK,participle,present periled US,participle,past periled US,past perilled UK,participle,past perilled UK,past

词汇关系

近义词
danger hazard jeopardy risk threat
衍生词
at one's peril green peril imperil multiperil perilless peril point perilsome yellow peril
相关词
imperil perilous

词源

词源 1
From Middle English peril, from Old French peril, from Latin perīculum. Doublet of periculum.
词源 2
From Middle English peril, from Old French peril, from Latin perīculum. Doublet of periculum.
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