名詞 belligerent:

1. someone who fights (or is fighting)
   同義詞：combatant, battler, fighter, scrapper

形容詞 belligerent:

1. characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
   同義詞：aggressive
2. engaged in war
   同義詞：fighting, militant, war-ridden, warring

1. Goods that may be seized and confiscated by a belligerent if shipped to another belligerent by a neutral.
   戰(zhàn)時禁運品若由中立國運輸至交戰(zhàn)國一方則交戰(zhàn)國另一方可將其扣押并且沒收的貨物
2. The boys found it hard to get along with Tom, because he always said some very belligerent things.
   孩子們覺得湯姆很難相處，因他老是說些十分挑釁性的話。
3. A belligerent person or a militant partisan.
   交戰(zhàn)的人或好戰(zhàn)的游擊隊隊員
4. Combative in nature; belligerent.
   好戰(zhàn)的本性好斗的; 交戰(zhàn)的

bel.lig.er.ent

adj.（形容詞）
Inclined or eager to fight; hostile or aggressive.
好戰(zhàn)的：傾向于或渴望戰(zhàn)斗的；敵對的或愛尋釁的
Of, pertaining to, or engaged in warfare.
交戰(zhàn)的：戰(zhàn)爭的、關于或陷入交戰(zhàn)中的
n.（名詞）
One that is hostile or aggressive, especially one that is engaged in war.
交戰(zhàn)者：敵對的或愛尋釁的人或一方，尤指參與戰(zhàn)爭者

來源：
Latin belliger3ns belligerant- [present participle of] belliger3re [to wage war]
拉丁語 belliger3ns belligerant- [] belliger3re的現(xiàn)在分詞 [進行戰(zhàn)爭]
from belliger [warlike]
源自 belliger [好戰(zhàn)的]
bellum [war]
bellum [戰(zhàn)爭]
gerere [to make]
gerere [制造]

【引伸】
bellig.erently
adv.（副詞）
<參考詞匯><同義詞>belligerent,bellicose,pugnacious,contentious,quarrelsomeThese adjectives are compared as they mean having or showing an eagerness to fight.
這些形容詞用來比喻具有或顯示了對戰(zhàn)斗的渴望。
Belligerent may specify actual engagement in combat (
Belligerent 可以特指確實參與在戰(zhàn)斗中（
例句：
tried to arrange a truce between the belligerent nations), or it may refer to a tendency to hostile behavior (
交戰(zhàn)兩國努力達成休戰(zhàn)協(xié)議）， 或者可以指敵對行為的傾向（

例句：
A belligerent reporter badgered the President for the facts).
一名好尋釁的記者就一些事實糾纏總統(tǒng)）。

Bellicose and pugnacious suggest a natural disposition to fight:
Bellicose
.All successful newspapers are ceaselessly querulous and bellicose. They never defend anyone or anything if they can help it; if the job is forced upon them, they tackle it by denouncing someone or something else. (H.L. Mencken).
pugnacious 意指存有對戰(zhàn)斗的自然傾向：
例句：
.所有成功的報紙都是不停地發(fā)牢騷的和好斗的。如果能夠避免，他們從不衛(wèi)護任何人或任何事。如果要強迫他們這么做，他們就通過斥責別人或別的事來解決問題. （H.L.麥肯）。

例句：
A retired litigator misses the challenge to her pugnacious intellect.
一位退休的訴訟人懷念對其好斗才智的挑戰(zhàn)。

Contentious implies chronic argumentativeness:
Contentious 意指慣常的好爭辯：
例句：
.His style has been described variously as abrasive and contentious, overbearing and pompous. (Victor Merina).
.他的風格有時被描述為令人討厭和好爭論的，有時又被形容為傲慢和自負的. （維克多·梅里納）。

Quarrelsome suggests bad temper and a perverse readiness to bicker and quarrel:
Quarrelsome 意指壞脾氣和對爭論或爭吵具有違反常情的機敏：
例句：
.On the days they worked they were good-natured and cheerful, and . . . they spent the evening jollily; but on our idle days they were mutinous and quarrelsome. (Benjamin Franklin).
.工作的日子他們脾氣又好，又愉快，并且…快樂地度過夜晚；但當閑暇時，他們搗亂造反，喜好爭吵. （本杰明·弗蘭克林）