pugnacious

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /pʌɡˈneɪ.ʃəs/    美 /pʌɡˈneɪ.ʃəs/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Naturally aggressive or hostile; combative; belligerent; bellicose.
    — Not that the doctor was a bully, or even pugnacious, in the usual sense of the word; he had no disposition to provoke a fight, no propense love of quarrelling.

词形变化

more pugnacious comparative most pugnacious superlative

词源

From the stem of Latin pugnāx + -ous, from pugnō (“to fight”), from pugnus (“fist”). By surface analysis, Latin pugn- + -acious.
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