资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Venturous \Ven"tur*ous\, a. [Aphetic form of OE. aventurous. See
   {Adventurous}, {Venture}, n.]
   Daring; bold; hardy; fearless; venturesome; adveturous; as, a
   venturous soldier. --Spenser.

         This said, he paused not, but with venturous arm He
         plucked, he tasted.                      --Milton.
   -- {Ven"tur*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Ven"tur*ous*ness}, n.