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menacing

/men-i-sing/US // ˈmɛn ɪ sɪŋ //

来势汹汹,咄咄逼人,来势汹汹的,咄咄逼人的

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : expressing or serving as a menace or threat: his menacing glare;menacing language.

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Examples

  • The franchise adds some intriguing new faces—Ana de Armas, who previously partnered with Craig in Knives Out—and Rami Malek, who plays the menacing villain Safin.

  • The real estate agent alleged that the woman had also become a menacing presence in the neighborhood.

  • It was illustrated with a cartoon picture of a menacing Muslim man with a beard and prayer cap, beside a picture of a crying Hindu woman.

  • Like the story, Jessica Hung Han Yun’s lighting design becomes increasingly menacing as things move along.

  • The Ganges swells after monsoons that stretch from July to September and has a menacing look today, so people are avoiding it.

  • Two menacing Fargo-esque figures show up to complicate things.

  • But the moment suggests to him that if he is awake, then his reality is truly stranger and more menacing than he ever imagined.

  • And many of my Sikh friends have shared with me a history of racial slurs and menacing stares they have endured over the years.

  • But an island any less menacing would fail to breed a villain who could hope to spar with James Bond.

  • But it will take a lot more than castrating one menacing tantric to turn the tide.

  • He saw the Theban Hills rolling their dark, menacing wave along the far horizon.

  • A black, menacing wall that rose before us suddenly resolved itself into a grove of trees, great four-foot cottonwoods.

  • It was like a child's drawing of a human eye, round, staring, and at the same time infinitely menacing.

  • And hardly a degree less menacing is this gigantic octapus of labor unionism—of inexcusable socialism.

  • She was about to proceed in this somewhat menacing manner, but the captain sprang up, excited, and red in the face.