名複: brutes
brute




KK:[brut] DJ:[bruːt]
n.[C]
- 獸;畜生
- 人面獸心的人,殘暴的人
- 獸性[the S]
a.[Z][B]
- 畜生的;畜生般的
- 殘忍的;蠻橫的;淫蕩的
- 沒有理性的
辨析
以上來源於:《英漢大辭典》
n.
- a violent or savage person or animal. ▸informal a cruel or insensitive person.
- an animal as opposed to a human being.
adj.
- unreasoning and animal-like.
- merely physical:
- harsh or inescapable:
Derivative
- brutish adj.
- brutishly adv.
- brutishness n.
Etymology
ME (as adj.): from OFr. brut(e), from L. brutus ‘dull, stupid’.
以上來源於:《簡明牛津英語詞典》