pugnacious

英 [p?g'ne???s] 美[p?g'ne??s]
  • adj. 好斗的,好戰(zhàn)的

英英釋意


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"