Asperity
[ə'sperɪtɪ] or [æ'spɛrəti]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) harshness of manner.
(noun.) something hard to endure; 'the asperity of northern winters'.
校對:内奥米--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(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
同義詞及近義詞：
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
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Acerbity, harshness, acrimony, bitterness, sharpness, tartness, sourness,roughness, moroseness, severity, crabbedness
ANT:Mildness, softness, sweetness, gentleness, pleasantness, smoothness
贾尔斯錄入
解釋/意思:
n. roughness: harshness: bitter coldness.
伊莎贝拉錄入
例句/造句/用法:
- Perdita listened to me impatiently, and answered with some asperity:--Do you think that any of your arguments are new to me? 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- She grew capricious; her gentle conduct towards him was exchanged for asperity and repulsive coldness. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Oh, if you find your own cases more interesting than mine-- said Holmes, with some asperity. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- Nobody but you,' retorted Mrs. Pott, with asperity. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- I said with some asperity: Fragment of a Russian General! 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- To which the person of the house, stretching out her arm in an attitude of command, replied with irresponsive asperity: 'Go along with you! 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- You must have gone off your head, said Mrs. Peniston with asperity. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- I thank you, said Ward, with much asperity, I thank you all the same; but I prefer having the paper here, with your permission. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- I wonder you remember those times, Esther, she returned with her old asperity. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Three years had certainly not smoothed the asperities of his temper or his impatience with a less active intelligence than his own. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
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