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perilous 音标拼音: [p'ɛrələs] a. 危险的 危险的 perilous adj 1: fraught with danger; " dangerous waters"; " a parlous journey on stormy seas"; " a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat"; " the precarious life of an undersea diver"; " dangerous surgery followed by a touch- and- go recovery" [ synonym: { parlous}, { perilous}, { precarious}, { touch- and- go}] Perilous \ Per" il* ous\, a. [ OF. perillous, perilleus, F. p[' e] rilleux, L. periculosus. See { Peril}.] [ Written also { perillous}.] 1. Full of, attended with, or involving, peril; dangerous; hazardous; as, a perilous undertaking. [ 1913 Webster] Infamous hills, and sandy, perilous wilds. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Daring; reckless; dangerous. [ Obs.] -- Latimer. [ 1913 Webster] For I am perilous with knife in hand. -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] -- { Per" il* ous* ly}, adv. -- { Per" il* ous* ness}, n. [ 1913 Webster] 52 Moby Thesaurus words for " perilous": alarming, bad, chancy, critical, dangerous, dangersome, delicate, desultory, explosive, fraught with danger, hairy, hazardous, infirm, insecure, insubstantial, jeopardous, menacing, parlous, periculous, precarious, provisional, risky, serious, shaky, shifting, shifty, slippery, susceptible, temporary, tentative, threatening, ticklish, tottery, touchy, treacherous, ugly, uncertain, undependable, unfaithworthy, unhealthy, unreliable, unsafe, unsolid, unsound, unstable, unsteadfast, unsteady, unsubstantial, unsure, untrustworthy, vulnerable, wicked
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