His horror is wild, but it is a sane horror.
?? 名句詞匯解析
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n. 恐怖,可怕的事物;嫌惡,痛恨;討厭的人或事;〈口〉非常丑惡;
?? horr(tremble)+or(名詞后綴)→恐怖;戰栗;極度憎惡
"The little horror never stops playing tricks on his parents."
那個小淘氣鬼不停地捉弄他的父母.
近義:horripilation, awfulness, terror, dread, fright
反義:heart, intrepidity, manhood, manliness, mettle, nerve
adj. 心智健全的;神志正常的;明智的;穩健的;
?? sane(whole)→神志清明的;健全的
"No sane person would do that."
沒有一個神志正常的人會做那樣的事。
近義:sound, sober, dry, healed, cured, healthy
反義:hothead, insane, lunatic, mad, maddened, maniatic
adj. 野生的;野蠻的;狂熱的;荒涼的;
n. 荒野;未開化的地方;偏遠地區;人煙稀少的地區;
adv. 瘋狂地;胡亂地;
?? 與溫和的(mild)相反(m-w)即 野蠻的
"The former wild man of rock has reinvented himself as a respectable family man."
過去的那位搖滾狂人已經改變形象,成了一位體面的愛家的男人。
近義:backland, steppe, thicket, bushes, chaparral, nonsensical
反義:heedful, judicious, leery, levelheaded, moderate, precautious