首页英语词典barbarousbarbarous英英释意

barbarous

英 ['bɑːb(ə)rəs] 美['bɑrbərəs]
  • adj. 野蛮的;残暴的

英英释意


1. (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering;
"a barbarous crime"
"brutal beatings"
"cruel tortures"
"Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"
"a savage slap"
"vicious kicks"
2. primitive in customs and culture