brusque
动词 v.
形容词 adj.
英 /bɹʊsk/|/bɹuːsk/|/bɹʌsk/
美 /bɹʌsk/
英文释义
动词 v.
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To act towards (someone or something) in a curt or rudely abrupt manner.
— Had this been done, Denine had not been bruſqued and carried by Villars at the firſt aſſault, […]
形容词 adj.
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Rudely abrupt; curt, unfriendly.
— Mr. VValler, being probably of opinion that Monſieur Palamede’s arguments vvere too bruſque to be advanc’d in a diſpute vvith a Lady, vvho number’d not fevver than tvventy Kings of her progenitors, vvrote this poem in a more tender and courtly ſtyle; […]
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Sour, tart.
— [T]he thin and bruske harſh vvine doth nouriſh the bodie leſſe, but yet more agreeable and nutritive it is to the ſtomack.
词汇关系
词源
词源 1
The adjective is borrowed from French brusque, from Italian brusco (“abrupt, sudden, brusque; brisk; eager; sour, tart; unripe; grim-looking”); further etymology unknown.
The verb is derived from the adjective.
The verb is derived from the adjective.
词源 2
The adjective is borrowed from French brusque, from Italian brusco (“abrupt, sudden, brusque; brisk; eager; sour, tart; unripe; grim-looking”); further etymology unknown.
The verb is derived from the adjective.
The verb is derived from the adjective.
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