savage: [13] A savage is etymologically someone who comes from the ‘woods’ – woodlands being anciently viewed as places of untamed nature, beyond the pale of civilized human society. The word comes via Old French sauvage from Vulgar Latin *salvāticus, an alteration of Latin silvāticus ‘of the woods, wild’. This was a derivative of silva ‘woods, forest’ (source of English sylvan [16]), a word of uncertain origin. => sylvan
savage (adj.)
mid-13c., "fierce, ferocious;" c. 1300, "wild, undomesticated, untamed" (of animals and places), from Old French sauvage, salvage "wild, savage, untamed, strange, pagan," from Late Latin salvaticus, alteration of silvaticus "wild," literally "of the woods," from silva "forest, grove" (see sylvan). Of persons, the meaning "reckless, ungovernable" is attested from c. 1400, earlier in sense "indomitable, valiant" (c. 1300).
savage (n.)
"wild person," c. 1400, from savage (adj.).
savage (v.)
"to tear with the teeth, maul," 1880, from savage (adj.). Earlier "to act the savage" (1560s). Related: Savaged; savaging.
雙語例句
1. In fact, Richard Savage had known Edward Bellamy a scant five hours.
實(shí)際上，理查德·薩維奇和愛德華·貝拉米相識(shí)才僅僅5個(gè)小時(shí)。
來自柯林斯例句
2. My name is Richard Savage, your Lordship.
尊敬的閣下，我叫理查德·薩維奇。
來自柯林斯例句
3. They were savage and bloodthirsty.
他們野蠻殘暴。
來自柯林斯例句
4. Such a savage punishment is abhorrent to a civilized society.
這樣殘暴的懲罰是與文明社會(huì)相抵觸的.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. He received a savage blow on the head; that did for him.