brute
/bruːt//brut/
- n.
- 畜生，残忍或好色之人
- adj.
- 残忍的，无理性的，畜生的
中文释义来自 ECDICT
brute1词源 1
词源链
- osc
派生
- 拉丁语Latin约前 75–公元 3 世纪
brūtus‘dull, stupid, insensible’
词源说明
From Middle French brut, from Old French brut, from Latin brūtus (“dull, stupid, insensible”), an Oscan loanword, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us (“heavy”). Cognate with Ancient Greek βαρύς (barús), Persian گران (gerân) and Sanskrit गुरु (gurú) (English guru).
释义
形容词adjective
- 1Without reason or intelligence (of animals). [from 15th c.]
- 2Characteristic of unthinking animals; senseless, unreasoning (of humans). [from 16th c.]
- 3Unconnected with intelligence or thought; purely material, senseless. [from 16th c.]
- 4Crude, unpolished. [from 17th c.]
- 5
brute2词源 2
释义
动词verb
- 1Obsolete spelling of bruit.