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fiercer, fiercest
having or displaying an intense or ferocious aggressiveness凶猛的; 好斗的; 残酷的：the fierce air battles that ensued over the Pacific.
随后在太平洋上空展开的激烈空战。
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- (of a feeling, emotion, or action) showing a heartfelt and powerful intensity（感情、情绪或行为）强烈的; 狂热的; 猛烈的：
he kissed her with a fierce, demanding passion.
他如饥似渴地狂吻着她。
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- (of the weather or temperature) powerful and destructive in extent or intensity（天气, 气温）极端恶劣的, 破坏性极大的：
fierce storms lashed the country.
猛烈的暴风雨在乡间肆虐。
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- (of a mechanism) having a jolting and powerful abruptness of action（机械装置）作用猛烈的：
the fire door had a fierce pneumatic return.
防火门上有一个强大有力的气动回复装置。
- Irish informal very; extremely〈爱尔兰, 非正式〉非常; 极其：
he was fierce proud.
他极其骄傲。
短语
something fierce
- informal, chiefly N. Amer. to a great and almost overwhelming extent〈非正式, 主北美〉极其, 非常：
he said he missed me something fierce.
他说他非常想念我。
派生词
fiercely
adverbfierceness
noun词源
Middle English: from Old French fiers 'fierce, brave, proud', from Latin ferus 'untamed'.