Asperity
[ə'sperɪtɪ] or [æ'spɛrəti]
解释:
(noun.) harshness of manner.
(noun.) something hard to endure; 'the asperity of northern winters'.
校对:内奥米--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) Roughness of surface; unevenness; -- opposed to smoothness.
(n.) Roughness or harshness of sound; that quality which grates upon the ear; raucity.
(n.) Roughness to the taste; sourness; tartness.
(n.) Moral roughness; roughness of manner; severity; crabbedness; harshness; -- opposed to mildness.
(n.) Sharpness; disagreeableness; difficulty.
整理:玛米
同义词及近义词：
n. [1]. Roughness, ruggedness, unevenness.[2]. Acrimony, tartness, sourness, sharpness, causticity, corrosiveness.[3]. Harshness, moroseness, sternness, severity, virulence, crabbedness, bitterness, churlishness, acerbity, sullenness, ill temper, bad blood.
整理:罗莎
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Acerbity, harshness, acrimony, bitterness, sharpness, tartness, sourness,roughness, moroseness, severity, crabbedness
ANT:Mildness, softness, sweetness, gentleness, pleasantness, smoothness
贾尔斯录入
解释:
n. roughness: harshness: bitter coldness.
伊莎贝拉录入
例句:
- Perdita listened to me impatiently, and answered with some asperity:--Do you think that any of your arguments are new to me? 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- She grew capricious; her gentle conduct towards him was exchanged for asperity and repulsive coldness. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- Oh, if you find your own cases more interesting than mine-- said Holmes, with some asperity. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
- Nobody but you,' retorted Mrs. Pott, with asperity. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- I said with some asperity: Fragment of a Russian General! 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- To which the person of the house, stretching out her arm in an attitude of command, replied with irresponsive asperity: 'Go along with you! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- You must have gone off your head, said Mrs. Peniston with asperity. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- I thank you, said Ward, with much asperity, I thank you all the same; but I prefer having the paper here, with your permission. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- I wonder you remember those times, Esther, she returned with her old asperity. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- Three years had certainly not smoothed the asperities of his temper or his impatience with a less active intelligence than his own. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
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