murderous
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++mur·der·ous /ˈmɜːdərəs $ ˈmɜːr-/ adjective 1 KILLvery dangerous and likely to kill people 杀气腾腾的；可能杀人的；凶残的 a murderous attack 凶残的攻击 murderous drug dealers 凶恶的毒品贩子2. murderous look/expression/glare etc ANGRYan expression or look which shows that someone is very angry 恶狠狠的目光/表情/怒视等 —murderously adverbExamples from the Corpus
murderous• Cheating made him squirm; it made him nervous and murderous.• If the sun came out now it would be murderous.• Miranda kicked her dressing table, feeling murderous.• She had hit him at lunchtime - her feelings now were even more murderous.• a murderous attack• In the story several people were fleeing in a car from several cars full of murderous enemies following them.• In convulsed countries around the world, too much food donated by well-meaning people feeds murderous gunmen instead of needy families.• A fierce, murderous jealousy lanced through Meredith.• She had stopped giving me murderous looks and seemed quite bright-eyed as we got ourselves ready to leave the ship.• Stalin's murderous regimemur·der·ous adjectiveChineseSyllable
kill Corpus very to people and dangerous likely
murderous
mur‧der‧ous /ˈmɜːdərəs $ ˈmɜːr-/
adjective1. very dangerous and likely to kill people:
a murderous attack
murderous drug dealers
2. murderous look/expression/glare etc an expression or look which shows that someone is very angry
—murderously adverb
mur‧der‧ous /ˈmɜːdərəs $ ˈmɜːr-/
adjective1. very dangerous and likely to kill people: 2. murderous look/expression/glare etc an expression or look which shows that someone is very angry
—murderously adverb