Brute

[bruːt] or [brut]

解釋/意思:

(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.

編輯:菲利普

同義詞及近義詞：

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.

校對:尼古拉斯

解釋/意思:

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.

編輯:莉莉