fury

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fu·ry /ˈfjʊəri $ ˈfjʊri/ ●●○ noun  1  [uncountable]ANGRY extreme, often uncontrolled anger 暴怒，狂怒 SYN rage I was shaking with fury. 我气得发抖。 Jo stepped forward, her eyes blazing with fury. 乔满眼冒火地走上前来。 The report was leaked to the press, much to the president’s fury. 报告被泄露给了媒体，令总统大为光火。2  [singular]ANGRY a feeling of extreme anger 暴怒，狂怒；激动 ‘Go on then!’ shouted Jamie in a fury. ‘See if I care!’ “那就请便！”杰米怒吼道，“我才不在乎呢！”3  a fury of something EMOTIONALa state of very busy activity or strong feeling 〔活动、感情等的〕激烈，热烈；狂热 She was listening with such a fury of concentration that she did not notice Arthur had left. 她听得如此入迷，甚至没有注意到阿瑟走了。 In a fury of frustration and fear Nina bit his hand. 尼娜一时间又恼又怕，咬了他的手。4  like fury informalENERGETIC with great effort or energy 拼命地；玩命地 We went out and played like fury. 我们出去疯玩了一通。5  DN[uncountable] literary used to describe very bad weather conditions 狂暴，猛烈〔用于形容坏天气〕 At last the fury of the storm lessened. 狂风暴雨终于减弱了。n6. → Fury → furious

Examples from the Corpus

fury• As her fury drained, she felt a surge of uplift.• But his fury was only rhetorical.• Today, public fury alternates with apathy.• It would be like the old days, real fury.• Retailers have trouble suppressing their fury.• Shaking with uncontrollable fury, she stood up to confront him.in a fury• Provoked beyond control, Satan bayed in fury and launched himself at his tormentor's face.• It all comes raining down in a fury.• Union leaders erupted in fury last night over the proposed pay restraints.• Her children descended on me in a fury.• A gunman shot seven people in a fury over rejection by his girlfriend.• I whipped at them with a rope in fury.• She sat in a fury of indecision and worry, wondering if he and Ace had met.• The little man began to kick at the tentacle in fury.fury of the storm• And then the smell did something that the worst fury of the storm had failed to do.nFuryRMone of the three snake-haired goddesses in ancient Greek stories who punished crime 〔古希腊神话中的〕复仇三女神之一Origin fury (1300-1400) Old French furie, from Latin furia, from furere; FUROR

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often Corpus uncontrolled extreme, anger

fury
fu‧ry /ˈfjʊəri $ ˈfjʊri/ noun1. [uncountable] extreme, often uncontrolled anger
   SYN  rage:
    I was shaking with fury.
    Jo stepped forward, her eyes blazing with fury.
    The report was leaked to the press, much to the president’s fury.
2. [singular] a feeling of extreme anger:
    ‘Go on then!’ shouted Jamie in a fury. ‘See if I care!’
3. a fury of something a state of very busy activity or strong feeling:
    She was listening with such a fury of concentration that she did not notice Arthur had left.
    In a fury of frustration and fear Nina bit his hand.
4. like fury informal with great effort or energy:
    We went out and played like fury.
5. [uncountable] literary used to describe very bad weather conditions:
    At last the fury of the storm lessened.
6. Fury one of the three snake-haired goddesses in ancient Greek stories who punished crime
⇨ furious
     

THESAURUS

■ extreme anger
   ▪ fury a very strong feeling of anger: The judge sparked fury when he freed a man who had attacked three women. | The decision caused fury among local people.
   ▪ rage a very strong feeling of anger that is difficult to control or is expressed very suddenly or violently: When we accused him of lying, he flew into a rage (=became very angry very suddenly). | Brown killed his wife in a jealous rage.
   ▪ outrage extreme anger and shock because you think something is unfair or wrong: The racist comments caused outrage in India and Britain.
   ▪ wrath formal extreme anger: Pietersen was the next to incur the wrath of the referee (=make him angry).

furyBrE /ˈfjʊəri/ 🔊NAmE /ˈfjʊri/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] extreme anger that often includes violent behaviour 狂怒；暴怒；狂暴；大发雷霆 SYN rage ◆Her eyes blazed with fury. 她的双眼迸发出暴怒之火。🔊🔊◆Fury over tax increases (= as a newspaper headline ) 对增税极端愤怒（报纸标题）🔊🔊◆(figurative) There was no shelter from the fury of the storm. 那时没有地方可以躲避狂风暴雨。🔊🔊 [singular] a state of being extremely angry about sth 狂怒；暴怒 SYN rage ◆He flew into a fury when I refused. 我拒绝，他就勃然大怒。🔊🔊the Furies [plural] (in ancient Greek stories) three goddesses who punish people for their crimes （古希腊神话）复仇三女神  ➡  see also furious ●like fury(informal) with great effort, power, speed, etc. 拼命；猛烈；迅猛●hell hath no ˈfury (like a woman ˈscorned)used to refer to sb, usually a woman, who has reacted very angrily to sth, especially the fact that her husband or lover has been unfaithful （尤指女人因丈夫或情人不忠而）大发雷霆；醋劲大发