crass

英 [kr?s] 美[kr?s]
  • adj. 愚鈍的;粗魯?shù)?;非常?/li>
  • n. (Crass)人名;(英)克拉斯

GRE低頻詞暢通詞匯

詞態(tài)變化


比較級(jí):?crasser;最高級(jí):?crassest;副詞:?crassly;名詞:?crassness;

中文詞源


crass 愚蠢的

來(lái)自拉丁詞crassus, 厚的,粗糙的,詞源同grease.

英文詞源


crass
crass: see grease
crass (adj.)
1540s, from Middle French crasse (16c.), from Latin crassus "solid, thick, fat; dense." The literal sense always has been rare in English; meaning "grossly stupid" is recorded from 1650s, from French. Middle English had cras (adj.) "slow, sluggish, tardy" (mid-15c.), also crassitude "thickness." Related: Crassly; crassness.

雙語(yǔ)例句


1. The government has behaved with crass insensitivity.
該政府行事愚蠢而且麻木不仁。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. the crass questions all disabled people get asked
所有殘疾人都會(huì)碰到的愚蠢而缺乏同情心的提問(wèn)

來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》

3. Crass materialism causes people to forget spiritual values.
極端唯物主義使人忘掉精神價(jià)值.

來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》

4. The family has been described variously as crass, bigoted, racist and plain boring.
人們對(duì)這家人有各種不同的評(píng)價(jià):愚蠢、頑固、有種族偏見(jiàn)和無(wú)聊透頂,不一而足。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

5. I didn't want any part of this silly reception. It was all so crass.
我完全不想?yún)⒓舆@個(gè)無(wú)聊的歡迎會(huì). 它實(shí)在太糟糕了.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》