red in tooth and claw
形容词 adj.
英文释义
形容词 adj.
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Characterized by uncaring, amoral ruthlessness or brutality, especially of a kind seen as reflecting the way of things in nature.
— We love nature, but nature doesn't love us. One night in the Amazon rainforest will show us that nature is red in tooth and claw.
词源
From Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem In Memoriam A.H.H.
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