feral
音标：
英音/ ˈferəl / 美音/ ˈferəl /
听听基本释意：
外刊例句：
Like their feral counterparts, even the most domesticated felines threaten any potential prey they find.
与野生动物一样，即使是最驯化的猫科动物也会威胁到它们发现的任何潜在猎物。
—New York Times
The population, estimated at around 300,000 people, reduced to a feral existence in a world where shops barely exist and aid never arrives.
人口估计约为 300,000 人，生活在商店几乎不存在、援助也从未抵达的世界里。
—BBC
Pigs, deer, possums, even feral cats — all would be weighed and showcased, the bigger animals strung on racks, the smaller ones laid out in rows that became heaps as the day went on.
猪、鹿、负鼠，甚至野猫——所有的动物都会被称重并展示出来，较大的动物挂在架子上，较小的动物排成一排，随着时间的推移，它们变成了一堆。
—New York Times
基本释意：
adjective
wild and menacing
野生的；凶猛的；阴郁的
同义词：
ferine,savage
短释义：
Feral is often used to describe a wild, untamed animal, like the feral cat with its claws and sharp teeth menacingly bared, ready to strike. Qualities that are similar to a wild animal can also be called feral. The child who grew alone up in a cabin in the woods, and who didn’t go to school, was called feral when she ran away from the orphanage.
当动物管理部门发现野狗时，他们必须非常小心地处理它，因为这种动物非常野生，它可能害怕人类并且可能会咬人。
长释义：
Feral is often used to describe a wild, untamed animal, like the feral cat with its claws and sharp teeth menacingly bared, ready to strike. Qualities that are similar to a wild animal can also be called feral. The child who grew alone up in a cabin in the woods, and who didn’t go to school, was called feral when she ran away from the orphanage.
野性通常用来形容野生的、未驯服的动物，比如野猫，它的爪子和锋利的牙齿张开，准备攻击。与野生动物相似的品质也可以称为野性。这个在树林小屋里独自长大、不上学的孩子，在逃离孤儿院时被称为“野性”。
文学例句：
Something panicky and feral pulsed underneath every word, every subtle movement.
每一个字、每一个微妙的动作下面都涌动着某种惊慌和狂野的情绪。
—We’ll Fly Away by Bryan Bliss
More hissing, scuffling, and feral moans—like giant alley cats fighting.
更多的嘶嘶声、扭打声和野性的呻吟声——就像巨大的野猫在打架。
—The House of Hades by Rick Riordan
The feral cat that Charles found turned out, surprisingly, to be a rather good pet.
令人惊讶的是，查尔斯发现的那只野猫竟然是一只相当好的宠物。
—The Secret History by Donna Tartt
词源：
feral (adj.)c. 1600, “wild, undomesticated,” from French feral “wild,” from Latin fera, in phrase fera bestia “wild animal,” from ferus “wild” (from PIE root *ghwer- “wild beast”). Since 19c. commonly “run wild, having escaped from domestication.”Related entries & more
下面是词源的翻译（机器翻译比较难翻，参考着看）
野性的（形容词）c． 1600，“野生的，未驯化的”，源自法语 feral“野生”，源自拉丁语 fera，短语 fera bestia“野生动物”源自 ferus“野生”（源自 PIE 词根 *ghwer-“野兽”）。自19世纪以来。通常“逃离驯化而狂奔。”相关条目及更多
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