barbaric
/bɑːˈbærɪk/adjective
1
- savagely cruel野蛮的; 残暴的:
he had carried out barbaric acts in the name of war.
他以战争的名义实施了暴行。
2
- primitive; unsophisticated原始的, 单纯的:
the barbaric splendour he found in civilizations since destroyed.
他在已被毁灭的文明里所发现的原始辉煌。
2.1
- uncivilized and uncultured未开化的, 无文化的。
派生词
barbarically
adverb词源
late Middle English (as a noun in the sense 'a barbarian'): from Old French barbarique, via Latin from Greek barbarikos, from barbaros 'foreign' (especially with reference to speech).