Wanton

(noun.) lewd or lascivious woman.

(verb.) behave extremely cruelly and brutally.

(verb.) engage in amorous play.

(verb.) spend wastefully; 'wanton one's money away'.

(verb.) indulge in a carefree or voluptuous way of life.

录入:谢里夫

• Tears rushed into my eyes; surely this was a wanton display of the power of the destroyer. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• To have imposed any derogatory work upon him, would have been to inflict a wanton insult on the feelings of a most respectable man. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• What fiend more wanton in his mischief, what damned soul more worthy of perdition! 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• What a wanton waste of talent is that for a civilized nation! 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• He had in mind that no more would he run from the wanton attacks of old Tublat. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• Now, good people all,' said he, 'this is wanton waste of time. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• He was obsessed with horror of wanton bloodshed and with indignation at the insolence of armed injustice. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• The nineteenth century wantons in its giant adolescence; the Titan boy uproots mountains in his game, and hurls rocks in his wild sport. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.

录入:特德