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brusque

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英 [br?sk; bru?sk] 美[br?sk]

英英釋義實用場景例句

近義詞harsh gruff crusty bluff abrupt surly blunt curt

adj. 唐突的；直率的；無禮的
n. (Brusque)人名；(法)布呂斯克

TEM8GRE暢通詞匯

詞態變化

副詞:?brusquely;名詞:?brusqueness;

助記提示

1. Brusque comes ultimately from the name of an unpleasant spiky shrub, the butcher's broom, which instead of normal branches and leaves has twigs flattened into a leaflike shape, with at their ends stiff spines.
2. The term for this in Vulgar Latin was *bruscum, which, passing into Italian as brusco, came to be used as an adjective, meaning 'sharp, tart'.
3. French borrowed it as brusque 'lively, fierce', and passed it on to English. It seems likely that English brisk is derived from it.

中文詞源

brusque 唐突的

詞源不詳。可能同brush, 刷子, broom, 金雀花，掃帚。形容不分皂白的，唐突的。

英文詞源

brusque: brusque: [17] Brusque comes ultimately from the name of an unpleasant spiky shrub, the butcher’s broom, which instead of normal branches and leaves has twigs flattened into a leaflike shape, with at their ends stiff spines. The term for this in Vulgar Latin was *bruscum, which, passing into Italian as brusco, came to be used as an adjective, meaning ‘sharp, tart’. French borrowed it as brusque ‘lively, fierce’, and passed it on to English. It seems likely that English brisk [16] is derived from it.
=> brisk
brusque (adj.): 1650s, from French brusque "lively, fierce," from Italian adjective brusco "sharp, tart, rough," perhaps from Vulgar Latin *bruscum "butcher's broom plant."

雙語例句

1. His manner was self-assured and brusque.: 他態度傲慢無禮。

2. They received a characteristically brusque reply from him.: 他們從他那里得到的是一個粗魯無禮的答復，他一貫都是那樣的。

3. The doctor spoke in a brusque tone.: 醫生不客氣地簡單說了幾個字。

4. Her brusque manner concealed a caring nature.: 她舉止粗魯但實際上很關心他人.