| 正面 | 7105.rugged 英 ['rʌgɪd]美 ['rʌɡɪd]     |
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| 背面 |     释义： 1. rug <====> rough => rugged "rough".adj. 崎岖的；坚固的；高低不平的；粗糙的 例句： 1. The camera combines rugged reliability with unequalled optical performance and speed.这款相机既坚固耐用，又有超凡的光学性能和快门速度。 rugged 崎岖的，不平的，粗犷的来自古诺斯语 rogg,粗毛，粗布，词源同 rug.引申词义粗糙的，粗犷的，崎岖的，不平的等。 rugged (adj.)c. 1300, "rough, shaggy, careworn" (originally of animals), from Old Norse rogg "shaggy tuft" (see rug). "The precise relationship to ragged is not quite clear, but the stem is no doubt ultimately the same" [OED]. Meaning "vigorous, strong, robust" is American English, by 1848.We were challenged with a peace-time choice between the American system of rugged individualism and a European philosophy of diametrically opposed doctrines -- doctrines of paternalism and state socialism. [Herbert Hoover, speech in New York, Oct. 22, 1928] Hoover said the phrase was not his own, and it is attested from 1897, though not in a patriotic context. Related: Ruggedly; ruggedness." |