pugnacious
英 [pʌg'neɪʃəs]
美[pʌg'neʃəs]
- adj. 好斗的，好战的
英英释意
- 1. tough and callous by virtue of experience
- 2. ready and able to resort to force or violence;
- "pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance"- Herman Melville
- "they were rough and determined fighting men"
