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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• As the decades pass, the years seem more menacing.
  几十年过去了，岁月好象充满了险恶。
• 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。
• 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。
• Iron golems are basically huge, powerful, well-armored thugs that stand around looking menacing.
  铁魔像通常是巨大、壮、身盔甲的壮汉，看上去就充满了危险性。
• As I watched her, I began to drift off to sleep, feeling nothing menacing about her.
  当我看到她，我开始散去睡觉，感觉没有什么威胁她。
• He picked up the knife in a menacing way.
  他气势汹汹地操起了刀子。