[mass noun]the state or quality of being ferocious 凶残;凶猛;狂暴 the ferocity of the storm caught them by surprise. 这场风暴来势凶猛,让他们大为吃惊。 [count noun]she hated him with a ferocity that astonished her. 她恨他之深,连她自己也感到震惊。
语源
mid 16th cent.: from French, or from Latin ferocitas, from ferox, feroc- 'fierce'