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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Menace \Men"ace\, n. [F., fr. L. minaciae threats, menaces, fr.
   minax, -acis, projecting, threatening, minae projecting
   points or pinnacles, threats. Cf. {Amenable}, {Demean},
   {Imminent}, {Minatory}.]
   The show of an intention to inflict evil; a threat or
   threatening; indication of a probable evil or catastrophe to
   come.

         His (the pope's) commands, his rebukes, his menaces.
                                                  --Milman.

         The dark menace of the distant war.      --Dryden.

Menace \Men"ace\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Menaced} ([=a]st); p. pr.
   & vb. n. {Menacing}.] [OF. menacier, F. menacer. See
   {Menace}, n.]
   1. To express or show an intention to inflict, or to hold out
      a prospect of inflicting, evil or injury upon; to
      threaten; -- usually followed by with before the harm
      threatened; as, to menace a country with war.

            My master . . . did menace me with death. --Shak.

   2. To threaten, as an evil to be inflicted.

            By oath he menaced Revenge upon the cardinal.
                                                  --Shak.

Menace \Men"ace\, v. i.
   To act in threatening manner; to wear a threatening aspect.

         Who ever knew the heavens menace so?     --Shak.

資料來源 : WordNet®

menace
     n 1: something that is a source of danger; "earthquakes are a
          constant threat in Japan" [syn: {threat}]
     2: a threat or the act of threatening; "he spoke with desperate
        menace"
     v 1: pose a threat to; present a danger to; "The pollution is
          endangering the crops" [syn: {endanger}, {jeopardize}, {jeopardise},
           {threaten}, {imperil}, {peril}]
     2: express a threat either by an utterance or a gesture; "he
        menaced the bank manager with a stick"
     3: act in a threatening manner; "A menacing person"