dan·ger·ous /ˈdenʤərəs; ˈdenʤɚ/
(a.)危險的
dangerous
危險
Dan·ger·ous a.
1. Attended or beset with danger; full of risk; perilous; hazardous; unsafe.
Our troops set forth to-morrow; stay with us;
The ways are dangerous. --Shak.
It is dangerous to assert a negative. --Macaulay.
2. Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury.
If they incline to think you dangerous
To less than gods. --Milton.
3. In a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with death. [Colloq.]
4. Hard to suit; difficult to please. [Obs.]
My wages ben full strait, and eke full small;
My lord to me is hard and dangerous. --Chaucer.
5. Reserved; not affable. [Obs.] “Of his speech dangerous.”
-- Dan*ger*ous*ly, adv. -- Dan*ger*ous*ness, n.
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dangerous
adj 1: involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm;
"a dangerous criminal"; "a dangerous bridge";
"unemployment reached dangerous proportions" [syn: unsafe]
[ant: safe]
2: causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; "a
dangerous operation"; "a grave situation"; "a grave
illness"; "grievous bodily harm"; "a serious wound"; "a
serious turn of events"; "a severe case of pneumonia"; "a
life-threatening disease" [syn: grave, grievous, serious,
severe, life-threatening]