Definition of feral in English:

feral

adjective ˈfɛr(ə)lˈfɪərəl

1(especially of an animal) in a wild state, especially after escape from captivity or domestication.
（尤指动物）野（生）的；未驯服的
a feral cat
一只野猫。
Example sentencesExamples
- The citizens of southern California are debating the balance between feral cats versus dirty rats.
- A pack of feral dogs lived among the heaps of dirt for a time, scavenging among empty beer cans and shopping trolleys.
- How long before the novelty wears off, and that kitten ends up another feral cat?
- While thousands of acres have been fenced in, much of the land is idle and feral cats and foxes have breached fence lines.
- Now the sheer cliffs are inhabited by choughs, golden eagles, feral goats and basking seals.
- Suddenly a pack of skinny Malaysian dogs shot onto the lawns below, chasing a feral cat.
- The deer, sheep and feral goats obviously appreciated the route through the forest too.
- A labour-intensive programme of trapping will reduce the numbers of stoats and feral cats.
- The activists were protesting plans by the hospital to trap up to 75 feral cats and turn them over to a local animal pound.
- Thankfully, a new campaign has been launched to help secure protection for feral goats around Ireland.
- Animal rights activists object to euthanizing stray and feral cats at either place.
- If, however, the cat and kitten are feral, you might consider keeping the kitten.
- The impact of both domestic and feral cats on small native animal wildlife and birds is a controversial issue in Australia.
- This is a high, wild and remote spot, home to feral goats, red deer and golden eagle.
- Somehow they know to elude predators - birds, crabs and feral cats - to reach the sea.
- The electricians will have to watch out for snakes in the water, wild animals and feral dogs.
- She said previously the feral cats kept down the numbers of rats and mice on farms.
- His hunting skills have also been used for the control of feral pigs in Hawaii, where he has advised on the use and training of dogs.
- Apparently rural hunters use dogs to hunt down and kill feral pigs.
- He rates predation by feral cats and foxes as the single biggest threat to native animals in the Territory.
Synonyms
wild, untamed, undomesticated, untrained, unused to humans
unbroken, not broken in
British not house-trained
North American not housebroken
1. 1.1 Resembling or characteristic of a wild animal.
  野兽般的；野蛮的；凶残的
  his teeth were bared in a feral snarl
  Example sentencesExamples
  Catullus brings forth the frenzied, almost feral, aspects of Bacchus's followers driven mad with drunkenness and hedonism, whereas Ovid concentrates on the romantic or emotional experience of Bacchus and Ariadne's encounter.
  Although there's an element of feral sensuality in Davalos' portrayal, the film wisely keeps any potential sexual energy between her and Diesel at arm's length.
  Somewhere in the whirl of images is a close-up of the eye of a horse, a visual metaphor more terrifying and indicative of the feral madness of war than any in recent memory.
  He struck a match and the stranger came closer for a moment, bringing with him a feral smell.
  The fact that he is missing front teeth adds a dangerous, feral quality to this man.
  Max, with his feral sensitivity, was the first to hear someone approaching from the street.
  But it's Lewis who embodied so much of what was feral and profound about the new music.
  Anthony Newley gives the Artful Dodger a feral quality that seems quite convincing for a boy raised on the dirty and dangerous streets of London.
  Her eyes are partially closed as she lies there panting, the remains of a feral snarl becoming a sated smile.
  A Neapolitan of modest origins, he tempers feral energy and vicious tantrums with a magnetic warmth that he switches on and off at will.
  Sturges was also quick to spot the feral intensity of Lee Marvin and Ernest Borgnine's brutal boorishness, using them to give Bad Day At Black Rock its seething core of twisted hatred.
  The plot charts a downward spiral that takes the characters into a nearly feral state.
  There is a feral quality about him: he has the pallor of someone who is never long separated from a drink or a Marlboro Light, which it turns out he isn't.
  Jackson Starfield is possessed of the most rock'n'roll name in town and a nice feral howl to match.
  There are some wonderful scenes in the movie: especially those showing the little boys' feral existence on the island, roaming around in gangs attacking each other.
  Jean conveyed the lives of four nihilistic young people in a New Brunswick logging town with a feral intensity that is exceedingly rare in Canadian independent cinema.
  That said, the most impressive physical aspect of her performance comes in her feral facial expressions and stiff movements, both of which communicate a pervasive sense of unease.
  Synonyms
  fierce, ferocious, vicious, savage, aggressive, tigerish, wolfish, predatory, menacing, threatening, bloodthirsty
2. 1.2 (of a young person) behaving in a wildly undisciplined and antisocial way.
  gangs of feral youths
  Example sentencesExamples
  The press was full of stuff about mindless violence by feral kids.
  It was inevitable that a feral teenager in a stolen car was going to run over someone.
  If our welfare and education systems had not created an underclass of feral youths, he and his friends would not have been the victims of mob violence.
  Opening with a shocking assault committed by a group of feral teenagers, this film then rolls back time and examines the events leading up to the attack and the reasons behind it.
  Michael's family called for his killers to be given long jail sentences as a deterrent to 'the feral youths who terrorise our society'.
  in pockets of society, there are so-called feral youngsters who have no respect for the elderly and the law.
  Anti-social behaviour, feral youth and weakening of communities form a triad of concerns that cuts across politics.
  These boys were painted by the authorities as monsters, symbolic of everything from the collapse of family values to the rise of a feral underclass.
  Aren't the feral, criminal children likely to find themselves expelled or excluded shortly after getting back into school?
  The adult members of society are under curfew and the elderly under house arrest: feral youth has taken over.
  We were feral kids who were fed and got to watch TV but then were left completely to our own devices.
  The play follows a group of feral youths who spend their days drifting from crime to crime, smoking dope and stealing petrol, seemingly unsupervised by adults.
  The main concern among those working with feral children is that the government's anti-social behaviour agenda will further marginalise them.
  Feral children are blamed for a quarter of all street assaults and robberies.
  Feral children roaming neighbourhoods do cause great distress.
  In an interview last week to mark the end of his time as Metropolitan Police Commissioner, he said that each London borough has between 20 and 60 feral children causing vast levels of crime.

nounˈfɛr(ə)lˈfɪərəl

Australian derogatory

A person with an unconventional appearance and lifestyle, and anti-establishment views.
we expected bearded ferals chaining themselves to trees in protest
Example sentencesExamples
- Ahhhh … the old "all lefties are smelly ferals" line again.
- They were dismissed as ferals or middle class uni students.
- Lyn and Joe go out for tea and then get home to a house full of ferals.
- Many are attracted by the prospect of observing a menagerie of erotic freaks and abject ferals.
- The green extremists are known as 'ferals' in Australia.
- The name comes from Australia's green extremists, which the Aussies call "ferals."
- He ran a loud campaign about containing ferals at AGMs.
- The ferals are not even representative of lefties at those marches.
- The police had blocked off the road out of Hyde Park to prevent the ferals from marching down to the restricted area.
- Tasmanians know how important tourism is to their economy and don't like seeing the island image sullied by a bunch of ferals.

Origin

Early 17th century: from Latin fera 'wild animal' (from ferus 'wild') + -al.

Rhymes

Errol

Definition of feral in US English:

feral

adjective

1(especially of an animal) in a wild state, especially after escape from captivity or domestication.
（尤指动物）野（生）的；未驯服的
a feral cat
一只野猫。
Example sentencesExamples
- Suddenly a pack of skinny Malaysian dogs shot onto the lawns below, chasing a feral cat.
- A pack of feral dogs lived among the heaps of dirt for a time, scavenging among empty beer cans and shopping trolleys.
- A labour-intensive programme of trapping will reduce the numbers of stoats and feral cats.
- Now the sheer cliffs are inhabited by choughs, golden eagles, feral goats and basking seals.
- His hunting skills have also been used for the control of feral pigs in Hawaii, where he has advised on the use and training of dogs.
- The impact of both domestic and feral cats on small native animal wildlife and birds is a controversial issue in Australia.
- Apparently rural hunters use dogs to hunt down and kill feral pigs.
- Thankfully, a new campaign has been launched to help secure protection for feral goats around Ireland.
- While thousands of acres have been fenced in, much of the land is idle and feral cats and foxes have breached fence lines.
- He rates predation by feral cats and foxes as the single biggest threat to native animals in the Territory.
- Somehow they know to elude predators - birds, crabs and feral cats - to reach the sea.
- Animal rights activists object to euthanizing stray and feral cats at either place.
- How long before the novelty wears off, and that kitten ends up another feral cat?
- The deer, sheep and feral goats obviously appreciated the route through the forest too.
- This is a high, wild and remote spot, home to feral goats, red deer and golden eagle.
- The activists were protesting plans by the hospital to trap up to 75 feral cats and turn them over to a local animal pound.
- The citizens of southern California are debating the balance between feral cats versus dirty rats.
- She said previously the feral cats kept down the numbers of rats and mice on farms.
- If, however, the cat and kitten are feral, you might consider keeping the kitten.
- The electricians will have to watch out for snakes in the water, wild animals and feral dogs.
Synonyms
wild, untamed, undomesticated, untrained, unused to humans
1. 1.1 Resembling a wild animal.
  野兽般的；野蛮的；凶残的
  a feral snarl
  一只野猫。
  Example sentencesExamples
  There are some wonderful scenes in the movie: especially those showing the little boys' feral existence on the island, roaming around in gangs attacking each other.
  The plot charts a downward spiral that takes the characters into a nearly feral state.
  Somewhere in the whirl of images is a close-up of the eye of a horse, a visual metaphor more terrifying and indicative of the feral madness of war than any in recent memory.
  He struck a match and the stranger came closer for a moment, bringing with him a feral smell.
  The fact that he is missing front teeth adds a dangerous, feral quality to this man.
  Although there's an element of feral sensuality in Davalos' portrayal, the film wisely keeps any potential sexual energy between her and Diesel at arm's length.
  A Neapolitan of modest origins, he tempers feral energy and vicious tantrums with a magnetic warmth that he switches on and off at will.
  Max, with his feral sensitivity, was the first to hear someone approaching from the street.
  But it's Lewis who embodied so much of what was feral and profound about the new music.
  Catullus brings forth the frenzied, almost feral, aspects of Bacchus's followers driven mad with drunkenness and hedonism, whereas Ovid concentrates on the romantic or emotional experience of Bacchus and Ariadne's encounter.
  Jean conveyed the lives of four nihilistic young people in a New Brunswick logging town with a feral intensity that is exceedingly rare in Canadian independent cinema.
  Anthony Newley gives the Artful Dodger a feral quality that seems quite convincing for a boy raised on the dirty and dangerous streets of London.
  Sturges was also quick to spot the feral intensity of Lee Marvin and Ernest Borgnine's brutal boorishness, using them to give Bad Day At Black Rock its seething core of twisted hatred.
  That said, the most impressive physical aspect of her performance comes in her feral facial expressions and stiff movements, both of which communicate a pervasive sense of unease.
  There is a feral quality about him: he has the pallor of someone who is never long separated from a drink or a Marlboro Light, which it turns out he isn't.
  Jackson Starfield is possessed of the most rock'n'roll name in town and a nice feral howl to match.
  Her eyes are partially closed as she lies there panting, the remains of a feral snarl becoming a sated smile.
  Synonyms
  fierce, ferocious, vicious, savage, aggressive, tigerish, wolfish, predatory, menacing, threatening, bloodthirsty

Origin

Early 17th century: from Latin fera ‘wild animal’ (from ferus ‘wild’) + -al.

词汇	feral
释义	Definition of feral in English: feral adjective ˈfɛr(ə)lˈfɪərəl 1(especially of an animal) in a wild state, especially after escape from captivity or domestication. （尤指动物）野（生）的；未驯服的 a feral cat 一只野猫。 Example sentencesExamples The citizens of southern California are debating the balance between feral cats versus dirty rats. A pack of feral dogs lived among the heaps of dirt for a time, scavenging among empty beer cans and shopping trolleys. How long before the novelty wears off, and that kitten ends up another feral cat? While thousands of acres have been fenced in, much of the land is idle and feral cats and foxes have breached fence lines. Now the sheer cliffs are inhabited by choughs, golden eagles, feral goats and basking seals. Suddenly a pack of skinny Malaysian dogs shot onto the lawns below, chasing a feral cat. The deer, sheep and feral goats obviously appreciated the route through the forest too. A labour-intensive programme of trapping will reduce the numbers of stoats and feral cats. The activists were protesting plans by the hospital to trap up to 75 feral cats and turn them over to a local animal pound. Thankfully, a new campaign has been launched to help secure protection for feral goats around Ireland. Animal rights activists object to euthanizing stray and feral cats at either place. If, however, the cat and kitten are feral, you might consider keeping the kitten. The impact of both domestic and feral cats on small native animal wildlife and birds is a controversial issue in Australia. This is a high, wild and remote spot, home to feral goats, red deer and golden eagle. Somehow they know to elude predators - birds, crabs and feral cats - to reach the sea. The electricians will have to watch out for snakes in the water, wild animals and feral dogs. She said previously the feral cats kept down the numbers of rats and mice on farms. His hunting skills have also been used for the control of feral pigs in Hawaii, where he has advised on the use and training of dogs. Apparently rural hunters use dogs to hunt down and kill feral pigs. He rates predation by feral cats and foxes as the single biggest threat to native animals in the Territory. Synonyms wild, untamed, undomesticated, untrained, unused to humans unbroken, not broken in British not house-trained North American not housebroken 1.1 Resembling or characteristic of a wild animal. 野兽般的；野蛮的；凶残的 his teeth were bared in a feral snarl Example sentencesExamples Catullus brings forth the frenzied, almost feral, aspects of Bacchus's followers driven mad with drunkenness and hedonism, whereas Ovid concentrates on the romantic or emotional experience of Bacchus and Ariadne's encounter. Although there's an element of feral sensuality in Davalos' portrayal, the film wisely keeps any potential sexual energy between her and Diesel at arm's length. Somewhere in the whirl of images is a close-up of the eye of a horse, a visual metaphor more terrifying and indicative of the feral madness of war than any in recent memory. He struck a match and the stranger came closer for a moment, bringing with him a feral smell. The fact that he is missing front teeth adds a dangerous, feral quality to this man. Max, with his feral sensitivity, was the first to hear someone approaching from the street. But it's Lewis who embodied so much of what was feral and profound about the new music. Anthony Newley gives the Artful Dodger a feral quality that seems quite convincing for a boy raised on the dirty and dangerous streets of London. Her eyes are partially closed as she lies there panting, the remains of a feral snarl becoming a sated smile. A Neapolitan of modest origins, he tempers feral energy and vicious tantrums with a magnetic warmth that he switches on and off at will. Sturges was also quick to spot the feral intensity of Lee Marvin and Ernest Borgnine's brutal boorishness, using them to give Bad Day At Black Rock its seething core of twisted hatred. The plot charts a downward spiral that takes the characters into a nearly feral state. There is a feral quality about him: he has the pallor of someone who is never long separated from a drink or a Marlboro Light, which it turns out he isn't. Jackson Starfield is possessed of the most rock'n'roll name in town and a nice feral howl to match. There are some wonderful scenes in the movie: especially those showing the little boys' feral existence on the island, roaming around in gangs attacking each other. Jean conveyed the lives of four nihilistic young people in a New Brunswick logging town with a feral intensity that is exceedingly rare in Canadian independent cinema. That said, the most impressive physical aspect of her performance comes in her feral facial expressions and stiff movements, both of which communicate a pervasive sense of unease. Synonyms fierce, ferocious, vicious, savage, aggressive, tigerish, wolfish, predatory, menacing, threatening, bloodthirsty 1.2 (of a young person) behaving in a wildly undisciplined and antisocial way. gangs of feral youths Example sentencesExamples The press was full of stuff about mindless violence by feral kids. It was inevitable that a feral teenager in a stolen car was going to run over someone. If our welfare and education systems had not created an underclass of feral youths, he and his friends would not have been the victims of mob violence. Opening with a shocking assault committed by a group of feral teenagers, this film then rolls back time and examines the events leading up to the attack and the reasons behind it. Michael's family called for his killers to be given long jail sentences as a deterrent to 'the feral youths who terrorise our society'. in pockets of society, there are so-called feral youngsters who have no respect for the elderly and the law. Anti-social behaviour, feral youth and weakening of communities form a triad of concerns that cuts across politics. These boys were painted by the authorities as monsters, symbolic of everything from the collapse of family values to the rise of a feral underclass. Aren't the feral, criminal children likely to find themselves expelled or excluded shortly after getting back into school? The adult members of society are under curfew and the elderly under house arrest: feral youth has taken over. We were feral kids who were fed and got to watch TV but then were left completely to our own devices. The play follows a group of feral youths who spend their days drifting from crime to crime, smoking dope and stealing petrol, seemingly unsupervised by adults. The main concern among those working with feral children is that the government's anti-social behaviour agenda will further marginalise them. Feral children are blamed for a quarter of all street assaults and robberies. Feral children roaming neighbourhoods do cause great distress. In an interview last week to mark the end of his time as Metropolitan Police Commissioner, he said that each London borough has between 20 and 60 feral children causing vast levels of crime. nounˈfɛr(ə)lˈfɪərəl Australian derogatory A person with an unconventional appearance and lifestyle, and anti-establishment views. we expected bearded ferals chaining themselves to trees in protest Example sentencesExamples Ahhhh … the old "all lefties are smelly ferals" line again. They were dismissed as ferals or middle class uni students. Lyn and Joe go out for tea and then get home to a house full of ferals. Many are attracted by the prospect of observing a menagerie of erotic freaks and abject ferals. The green extremists are known as 'ferals' in Australia. The name comes from Australia's green extremists, which the Aussies call "ferals." He ran a loud campaign about containing ferals at AGMs. The ferals are not even representative of lefties at those marches. The police had blocked off the road out of Hyde Park to prevent the ferals from marching down to the restricted area. Tasmanians know how important tourism is to their economy and don't like seeing the island image sullied by a bunch of ferals. Origin Early 17th century: from Latin fera 'wild animal' (from ferus 'wild') + -al. Rhymes Errol Definition of feral in US English: feral adjective 1(especially of an animal) in a wild state, especially after escape from captivity or domestication. （尤指动物）野（生）的；未驯服的 a feral cat 一只野猫。 Example sentencesExamples Suddenly a pack of skinny Malaysian dogs shot onto the lawns below, chasing a feral cat. A pack of feral dogs lived among the heaps of dirt for a time, scavenging among empty beer cans and shopping trolleys. A labour-intensive programme of trapping will reduce the numbers of stoats and feral cats. Now the sheer cliffs are inhabited by choughs, golden eagles, feral goats and basking seals. His hunting skills have also been used for the control of feral pigs in Hawaii, where he has advised on the use and training of dogs. The impact of both domestic and feral cats on small native animal wildlife and birds is a controversial issue in Australia. Apparently rural hunters use dogs to hunt down and kill feral pigs. Thankfully, a new campaign has been launched to help secure protection for feral goats around Ireland. While thousands of acres have been fenced in, much of the land is idle and feral cats and foxes have breached fence lines. He rates predation by feral cats and foxes as the single biggest threat to native animals in the Territory. Somehow they know to elude predators - birds, crabs and feral cats - to reach the sea. Animal rights activists object to euthanizing stray and feral cats at either place. How long before the novelty wears off, and that kitten ends up another feral cat? The deer, sheep and feral goats obviously appreciated the route through the forest too. This is a high, wild and remote spot, home to feral goats, red deer and golden eagle. The activists were protesting plans by the hospital to trap up to 75 feral cats and turn them over to a local animal pound. The citizens of southern California are debating the balance between feral cats versus dirty rats. She said previously the feral cats kept down the numbers of rats and mice on farms. If, however, the cat and kitten are feral, you might consider keeping the kitten. The electricians will have to watch out for snakes in the water, wild animals and feral dogs. Synonyms wild, untamed, undomesticated, untrained, unused to humans 1.1 Resembling a wild animal. 野兽般的；野蛮的；凶残的 a feral snarl 一只野猫。 Example sentencesExamples There are some wonderful scenes in the movie: especially those showing the little boys' feral existence on the island, roaming around in gangs attacking each other. The plot charts a downward spiral that takes the characters into a nearly feral state. Somewhere in the whirl of images is a close-up of the eye of a horse, a visual metaphor more terrifying and indicative of the feral madness of war than any in recent memory. He struck a match and the stranger came closer for a moment, bringing with him a feral smell. The fact that he is missing front teeth adds a dangerous, feral quality to this man. Although there's an element of feral sensuality in Davalos' portrayal, the film wisely keeps any potential sexual energy between her and Diesel at arm's length. A Neapolitan of modest origins, he tempers feral energy and vicious tantrums with a magnetic warmth that he switches on and off at will. Max, with his feral sensitivity, was the first to hear someone approaching from the street. But it's Lewis who embodied so much of what was feral and profound about the new music. Catullus brings forth the frenzied, almost feral, aspects of Bacchus's followers driven mad with drunkenness and hedonism, whereas Ovid concentrates on the romantic or emotional experience of Bacchus and Ariadne's encounter. Jean conveyed the lives of four nihilistic young people in a New Brunswick logging town with a feral intensity that is exceedingly rare in Canadian independent cinema. Anthony Newley gives the Artful Dodger a feral quality that seems quite convincing for a boy raised on the dirty and dangerous streets of London. Sturges was also quick to spot the feral intensity of Lee Marvin and Ernest Borgnine's brutal boorishness, using them to give Bad Day At Black Rock its seething core of twisted hatred. That said, the most impressive physical aspect of her performance comes in her feral facial expressions and stiff movements, both of which communicate a pervasive sense of unease. There is a feral quality about him: he has the pallor of someone who is never long separated from a drink or a Marlboro Light, which it turns out he isn't. Jackson Starfield is possessed of the most rock'n'roll name in town and a nice feral howl to match. Her eyes are partially closed as she lies there panting, the remains of a feral snarl becoming a sated smile. Synonyms fierce, ferocious, vicious, savage, aggressive, tigerish, wolfish, predatory, menacing, threatening, bloodthirsty Origin Early 17th century: from Latin fera ‘wild animal’ (from ferus ‘wild’) + -al.
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