
coarse基本信息
读法:英 [kɔːs] 美 [kɔrs]
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英英释义
Adjective:
"coarse sand"
"a coarse weave"
"behavior that branded him as common"
"an untutored and uncouth human being"
"an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy"
"appealing to the vulgar taste for violence"
"the vulgar display of the newly rich"
"produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population"
中英词源
coarse 粗糙的
来自course 的拼写变体。原指常规的,普通的,后来词义贬义化。
- coarse
- coarse: [14] For such an everyday word, the origins of coarse are surprisingly clouded. It first appears in the forms corse or course, and meaning ‘ordinary, everyday’, which has led to speculation that it is an application of the noun course, in the sense ‘the ordinary run of things, the usual practice’; however, not all etymologists accept this. The modern spelling coarse became established in the 18th century.
- coarse (adj.)
- early 15c., cors "ordinary" (modern spelling is from late 16c.), probably adjectival use of noun cours (see course (n.)), originally referring to rough cloth for ordinary wear. Developed a sense of "rude" c. 1500 and "obscene" by 1711. Perhaps related, via metathesis, to French gros, which had a similar sense development. Related: Coarsely; coarseness.
词态变化
比较级 coarser;
最高级 coarsest;
副词 coarsely;
名词 coarseness;
权威造句
- 1. The voice, less coarse now, stirred her as it had then.
- 现在那声音已不那么刺耳,它又如当年一样让她怦然心动。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. She spoke in a quiet voice but used remarkably coarse expressions.
- 她说话声音很小,但是用了些特别粗俗的字眼儿。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Using a pestle and mortar, pulverise the bran to a coarse powder.
- 用杵和臼,将麸皮磨成粗粉。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. He"s a coarse, foul-mouthed bully.
- 他是一个粗俗无礼、满嘴脏话的恶棍。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. The man was brutish and coarse.
- 那人野蛮粗俗。
来自柯林斯例句
近反义词
相似短语
单词分析
这些形容词均含“粗鲁的,粗俗的”之意。vulgar侧重指对听者的冒犯,往往强调粗野,言行、趣味不高,缺乏教养。
coarse指缺乏教养,言谈粗俗,举止粗野,可与vulgar换用。
crude与vulgar同义,也指言谈举止粗俗,不文雅,缺乏教养。
gross语气强烈,指粗鲁、无礼貌,令人讨厌。
记忆方法
1. course => coarse.
2. originally referring to rough cloth for ordinary wear.
3. coarse is the adjectival use of course.
4. The sense developed from "(following) the usual course" (cf. of course) to "ordinary, common" to "lacking refinement", with "not fine, granular" arising from its application to cloth.
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