英[bruːt]美[bruːt]
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来自词根bar, 重,见barometer, 气压计,gravity, 重力。此处词义由重到呆滞,愚蠢,野兽,最后指野兽般的,野蛮的。
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His road rage may turn your dad into a brute when he gets behind the wheel. A brute is a person who is as ferocious as a wild animal.
A violent, savage person can be described as a brute, and so can a wild animal. Someone who's less monstrous but is still unpleasant can also be a brute, and it can be used as an adjective to mean, basically, “brutal.” If it's more animal than human, you can call it brute, like the brute power of an invading army. The Latin brutus, “heavy, dull, or stupid,” gave rise to brute, which through the 15th century only referred to animals.
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animal,beast,creature,brute,cattle。这些名词均含“动物”的意思。animal普通用词,指区别于植物和矿物而言的动物的总称。beast指有别于爬行动物、昆虫等的较大的四脚兽类或牛、马等牲畜。creature通常指生物或动物,与非生动相对。指人时,则含怜悯或轻蔑的意味。brute特指野兽。用于人时,突出其野蛮或残忍。cattle指大牲畜,尤其指牛。
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词根:brute
adj.brutal残忍的;野蛮的,不讲理的
brutish粗野的;残忍的;野兽般的
adv.brutally残忍地;野蛮地;兽性地
brutishly残酷地;粗野地
n.brutalization兽性;残酷
vi.brutalize变粗暴;变残忍
vt.brutalize残酷地对待;使像野兽般残忍,使变得残酷无情