Brute
[bruːt] or [brut]
解释:
(a.) Not having sensation; senseless; inanimate; unconscious; without intelligence or volition; as, the brute earth; the brute powers of nature.
(a.) Not possessing reason, irrational; unthinking; as, a brute beast; the brute creation.
(a.) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, a brute beast. Hence: Brutal; cruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless; as, brute violence.
(a.) Having the physical powers predominating over the mental; coarse; unpolished; unintelligent.
(a.) Rough; uncivilized; unfeeling.
(n.) An animal destitute of human reason; any animal not human; esp. a quadruped; a beast.
(n.) A brutal person; a savage in heart or manners; as unfeeling or coarse person.
(v. t.) To report; to bruit.
编辑:菲利普
同义词及近义词:
n. [1]. Beast (in a wild state), quadruped, four-footed animal, ferocious animal.[2]. Ruffian, barbarian, brutal monster.
a. [1]. Irrational, void of reason.[2]. Bestial, savage, barbarous, BRUTAL.[3]. Rough, rude, uncivilized.
校对:尼古拉斯
解释:
adj. belonging to the lower animals: irrational: stupid: rude.—n. one of the lower animals.—adj. Brut′al like a brute: unfeeling: inhuman.—v.t. Brut′alise to make like a brute to degrade.—v.i. to live like a brute.—n. Brutal′ity.—adv. Brut′ally.—n. Brute′ness brute-like state: brutality: (Spens.) stupidity.—v.t. Brut′ify to make brutal stupid or uncivilised:—pr.p. brutify′ing; pa.p. brutifīed′.—adj. Brut′ish brutal: (B.) unwise.—adv. Brut′ishly.—n. Brut′ishness.—The brute creation the lower animals.
编辑:莉莉
娱乐性解释:
n. See HUSBAND.
菲力克斯校对
例句:
- They say, don't they, he went on, that the secretary helped her to get away from her brute of a husband, who kept her practically a prisoner? 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- Don't talk to me, don't, you brute, for fear I should be perwoked to forgit my sect and strike you! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- The way he'd say “I've been a regular brown bear to-day,” and take himself in his arms and hug himself at the thoughts of the brute he had pretended. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- The girl had almost ceased to breathe, when, to her relief, the head disappeared and she heard the brute's footsteps leaving the window. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- The brute tried to force an entrance; but presently this ceased, and again she heard the great pads creeping stealthily around the cabin. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- Ugh, you brute! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- Get it then,' said Eugene; adding very heartily under his breath, '--You Brute! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- Oh, Ellen--forgive me; I'm a fool and a brute! 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- I denounced myself as a remorseless brute and a ruthless beast. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- Who is the brute you call Baxter? 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- There was the huge famished brute, its black muzzle buried in Rucastle's throat, while he writhed and screamed upon the ground. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- Can't fancy a lady fond of that brute--'tis so ugly--a mere carter's dog. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Excellent, I said, and you may see passion equally in brute animals, which is a further proof of the truth of what you are saying. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- One should be a brute not to feel for the distress they are in; and from what I hear, poor Mr. Bertram has a bad chance of ultimate recovery. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
- At first he robbed the brute of his fleecy skin and wore it bodily. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- Must you ever go on down the ages to your final extinction but little above the plane of the dumb brutes that serve you! 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- The young of the brutes are immeasurably his superiors. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- As the brutes, growling and foaming, rushed upon the almost defenseless women I turned my head that I might not see the horrid sight. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- What were a few long hours added to the hardships of some over-taxed brutes when weighed against the peril of those human souls? 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- Now, Mr. Sawyer,' screamed the shrill voice of Mrs. Raddle, 'are them brutes going? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- His savage life among the fierce wild brutes of the jungle left no opening for any thought that these could be aught else than enemies. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- They are fearsome appearing brutes at best, but when they are aroused they are fully as dangerous as they look. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- He asked me, who made the ship, and how it was possible that the _Houyhnhnms_ of my country would leave it to the management of brutes? 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
- Grass was now spreading over the world, and with this extension arose some huge graminivorous brutes of which no representative survives to-day. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- It well suits brutes like thee to be tampering and trinketing with hellish cures, and to be giving your labour to the sons of mischief. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Watch the wall at your end of the chamber, Tars Tarkas, I cautioned, it is through secret doorways in the wall that the brutes are loosed upon us. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- It is plain he took us for a species of animals very little superior to brutes. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
- Soon we were entirely surrounded by some fifty of the brutes. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- This is a sorry scene: I see fifty selfish brutes at this moment, each of whom, if I were near, I could conscientiously knock down. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- The population of Ecclefigg are a parcel of brutes; we want to civilize them. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
校对:苏西