menacing

英 [ˈmenəsɪŋ]

美 [ˈmenəsɪŋ]

adj.  威胁的; 恐吓的; 危险的
v.  对…构成危险; 危及; 威胁到
menace的现在分词

现在分词：menacing　

法律

Collins.1 / BNC.11980 / COCA.11407

牛津词典

adj.

• 威胁的；恐吓的；危险的
  seeming likely to cause you harm or danger
  1. a menacing face/tone
     恶狠脸色 / 口吻
  2. At night, the dark streets become menacing.
     在夜晚，漆黑的街道变得阴森森的。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 威胁的;威吓的;危险的
  If someone or something looksmenacing, they give you a feeling that they are likely to cause you harm or put you in danger.
  1. The strong dark eyebrows give his face an oddly menacing look...
     两道浓黑的眉毛使他的脸看起来异常凶狠。
  2. He moved his menacing bulk closer to the table...
     他把自己骇人的庞大身躯向桌子挪近了些。
  3. The wide river looked less menacing when flanked by the warm yellow houses.
     在两岸暖黄色房子的映衬下，这宽阔的大河看起来就不那么险恶了。

英英释义

adj

• threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  1. a baleful look
  2. forbidding thunderclouds
  3. his tone became menacing
  4. ominous rumblings of discontent
  5. sinister storm clouds
  6. a sinister smile
  7. his threatening behavior
  8. ugly black clouds
  9. the situation became ugly
  Synonym:balefulforbiddingminaciousminatoryominoussinisterthreatening

双语例句

• It's the female black widow spider that is venomous and displays a menacing red dot on her abdomen.
  不过，红色并非只是雄性的特性，一种叫做“黑寡妇”的雌性美洲蜘蛛的腹部就有一个红色的点，这种蜘蛛的毒性非常大。
• Originally conceived as a solemn poem entitled "Virgin Snow", it eventually metamorphosed into something much more menacing.
  起初构思的是一首辉煌的诗歌《初雪》，最终却变形成为凶险得多的东西。
• Once pressed, I'm overly surprised by what is a very mechanical and certainly menacing engine bark.
  按动启动按钮，我惊奇的意识到引擎发出的是一种非常机械感并近乎邪恶的吼声。
• As the decades pass, the years seem more menacing.
  几十年过去了，岁月好象充满了险恶。
• This year, however, Japanese managers faced an even more menacing threat: activist shareholders.
  然而，今年日本的管理者面对一个更加险恶的威胁：激进的股东。
• Meanwhile, the principal stream of Red Creek Valley became more and more menacing.
  这时候，红河河谷的主要洪流造成的威胁愈来愈大了。
• Arnold went on, his voice flat, neither menacing nor inviting.
  阿诺德继续说下去，声调平板，既不带威胁口吻，也不存诱引之意。
• He's been charged of menacing and public indecency.
  他已经受到恐吓和公然猥亵罪的指控。
• A cascade of rockets menacing cement bunkers illustrates "protection and destruction".
  一系列的火箭威胁水泥仓阐明了“保护和破坏”的含义。
• On one wall is a handsome water buck with menacing glass eyes.
  一面墙上挂着一个大大的水羚，瞪着一双吓人的玻璃眼。