英语单词 | crude |
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英美音标 | [kru:d] |
中文释义 | adj.天然的,未加工的,粗糙的,拙劣的,粗鲁的 n.天然的物质 |
vocab简明 | Is it gross? Unsophisticated? Totally tasteless and positively offensive? Then you can describe it as crude. |
vocab扩展 | Crude is not rude when it’s used to describe unprocessed oil, which it first was associated with in 1865. From the Latin crudo, meaning "rough, raw," crude today can be used to describe anything or anyone that's unrefined and rough around the edges. So don’t be too insulted by the large-nosed portrait that cartoonist made for you. It’s just a quick, crude drawing meant to be funny. |
真题原句 | A sacred place of peace, however crude it may be, is a distinctly human need, as opposed to shelter, which is a distinctly animal need. |
柯林斯星级 | ★★☆☆☆ |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]粗略的;简略的;大概的 A crude method or measurement is not exact or detailed, but may be useful or correct in a rough, general way.
crudely
2 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]粗糙的;简陋的 If you describe an object that someone has made as crude, you mean that it has been made in a very simple way or from very simple parts.
crudely
3 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]冒犯的;粗鲁的;不精明的 If you describe someone as crude, you disapprove of them because they speak or behave in a rude, offensive, or unsophisticated way. [disapproval]
crudely
crudity
crudeness
4 [ADJ 形容词]天然的;自然的 Crude substances are in a natural or unrefined state, and have not yet been used in manufacturing processes. [ADJ n]
5 [N-MASS 物质名词]同 crude oil Crude is the same as crude oil . |
来源 | 2013.6 |
Tags: 单词::2013
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