threatening

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
发音 thrĕt′ənĭŋ

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An act of threatening; a threat. countable,uncountable
    — And nowe lorde beholde their threatenyngꝭ / and graunte vnto thy ſervauntꝭ wyth all confydence to ſpeake thy worde.
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of threaten form-of,gerund,participle,present
形容词 adj.
  1. Presenting a threat, posing a likely risk of harm.
    — Never turn your back to someone who is displaying threatening behavior.
  2. Making threats, making statements about a willingness to cause harm.

词形变化

threatning alternative more threatening comparative most threatening superlative threatning alternative threatenings plural threatning alternative

词汇关系

近义词
minacious menacing baleful threatensome threatful ominous
上位词
frightening
衍生词
life-threatening nonthreatening non-threatening threateningly threateningness unthreatening

词源

词源 1
From Middle English thretenyng, þreteninde, equivalent to threaten + -ing.
词源 2
From Middle English thretenyng, thretnynge, þretnynge, equivalent to threaten + -ing.
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