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menacingly

/men-i-sing/US // ˈmɛn ɪ sɪŋ //

气势汹汹地,来势汹汹地,来势汹汹,气势汹汹

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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

  • On the mock-menacing “Girl Scouts,” Rico threatens to show up “at your door,” and not to sell you some Thin Mints.

  • Less menacing is an insidious uptick in ultrarunning tourism, as an ever-growing number of Born to Run-inspired “locos” make the annual pilgrimage to the town of Urique for the “Ultra Maratón Caballo Blanco.”

  • They found Trawick holding a kitchen knife, but “not in a menacing way,” one of the officers told the DA’s office.

  • The concerns come as reports surface about other menacing tactics directed at voters.

  • Spiny lobsterThe spiny lobster is part of a large worldwide family of crustaceans that resemble true lobsters, but without their menacing claws.

  • The man started to walk menacingly toward my partner, who then reached into his holster for his Smith & Wesson .38.

  • "Milor, the matter admits of no settlement," said the Breton menacingly, rising from his chair.

  • He saw her against the background of the hills, whose following mass towered menacingly above her little outline.

  • As the animal crouched at Bascomb's feet, his baleful eyes turned in the boy's direction, and he growled menacingly.

  • Far off, above the folds of the nearer hills, the Mountain thrust itself up menacingly against a yellow sunset.

  • Ketira gave a sharp cry at that, perhaps she fancied he was stealing a kiss, and lifted her right hand menacingly.