brusque
英 [br?sk; bru?sk]
美 [br?sk]
- adj. 唐突的；直率的；無(wú)禮的
- n. (Brusque)人名；(法)布呂斯克
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(yǔ)例句
- 1. His manner was self-assured and brusque.
- 他態(tài)度傲慢無(wú)禮。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. They received a characteristically brusque reply from him.
- 他們從他那里得到的是一個(gè)粗魯無(wú)禮的答復(fù)，他一貫都是那樣的。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. The doctor spoke in a brusque tone.
- 醫(yī)生不客氣地簡(jiǎn)單說(shuō)了幾個(gè)字。
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 4. Her brusque manner concealed a caring nature.
- 她舉止粗魯?shù)珜?shí)際上很關(guān)心他人.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 5. He is never brusque with his comrades.
- 他對(duì)同志從不疾言厲色.
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》