menace

menace /menəs/
  • danh từ
    • (văn học) mối đe doạ
      • a menace to world peace: mối đe doạ đối với hoà bình thế giới
  • ngoại động từ
    • đe doạ

Xem thêm: threat, endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, threaten, imperil, peril



menace

Từ điển Collocation

menace noun

1 danger

ADJ. growing, increased, increasing the growing menace of drugs | serious

VERB + MENACE pose the menace posed by car fumes | combat, counter Shop owners are struggling to combat the menace of armed robbery.

PREP. ~ to He's a menace to society.

2 threatening quality

ADJ. hidden, quiet, silent ‘Where do you think you're going?’ he said with quiet menace.

PREP. with ~ eyes glittering with menace

PHRASES an air of menace The scar down his face added to his air of menace.

Từ điển WordNet

    n.

  • something that is a source of danger; threat

    earthquakes are a constant threat in Japan

  • a threat or the act of threatening

    he spoke with desperate menace

    v.

  • pose a threat to; present a danger to; endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, threaten, imperil, peril

    The pollution is endangering the crops

  • express a threat either by an utterance or a gesture

    he menaced the bank manager with a stick

  • act in a threatening manner

    A menacing person

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

menaces|menaced|menacing
syn.: threat