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sanguinary

/sang-gwuh-ner-ee/US // ˈsæŋ gwəˌnɛr i //UK // (ˈsæŋɡwɪnərɪ) //

血淋淋的,血腥的,血腥,血腥味

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : full of or characterized by bloodshed; bloody: a sanguinary struggle.
    • : ready or eager to shed blood; bloodthirsty.
    • : composed of or marked with blood.

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Examples

  • He saw Gen. Braddock as he passed on to his defeat, and could give a succinct account of that sanguinary action.

  • He was long engaged in sanguinary war with the Turks and the French, who pillaged and destroyed his frontier towns.

  • Battle of Surcoign; British defeated by the French after a sanguinary conflict.

  • This sanguinary mixture is generally believed to possess effervescing properties when stirred.

  • "Atavism can hardly explain a roaming animal with teeth and claws and sanguinary instincts," interrupted Maloney with impatience.