bruiser

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. In contact sports, an athlete whose size, strength, and/or aggressiveness make it likely that they will cause athletes on the opposing team to suffer physical punishment.
  2. A tall, strong, heavily built person, usually a man, especially one prone to physical violence; a strong and tough person. broadly,colloquial,derogatory
    — His "assistant" was a big bruiser named Pete, who, with his enormous shoulders and menacing scowl, was clearly present for the intimidation factor.
  3. A machine for bruising oats.
  4. A person who enjoys arguing with others.
  5. A professional boxer.
    — Sometimes, when in the newspapers I happen upon descriptions of our modern bruisers and prizefighters, I wonder what chance the best of them would have had against him.

词形变化

bruisers plural

词汇关系

衍生词
lightning bruiser

词源

Etymology tree
English bruise
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English bruiser
From bruise + -er.
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