单词 | abrasive |
释义 | abrasive1 adjectiveabrasive2 noun abrasivea‧bra‧sive1 /əˈbreɪsɪv/ adjective ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatornot smooth► rough Collocations a rough surface is not smooth because it has lumps or holes in it: · The car bumped up and down as we drove across the rough ground.· He fell, cutting his forehead on the rough edge of a rock.· Hessian cloth provides a rough homespun texture that was popular in the 1950s. ► coarse something such as material or hair that is coarse feels rough and hard, especially because it is made of thick thread, hairs etc: · All the hospital beds were covered with coarse cotton sheets.· Her straight hair, once dark brown, was becoming grey and coarse.· The fisherman's skin was dark and coarse, his hands big and strong. ► abrasive an abrasive object or material has a hard rough surface that can damage other surfaces when it rubs against them: · Rub the table down with a fine abrasive paper before painting it.· If your body skin looks dull, removing dead skin with an abrasive glove can make a big difference. ► scaly scaly skin is dry and rough: · To relieve tight or scaly skin, add a teaspoon of fine oil to your bathwater.· Dandruff is characterized by a scaly and sometimes itchy scalp. ► calloused hands that are calloused are covered with thick hard areas of skin, especially because of hard physical work: · His was a big, strong hand, roughly calloused from fieldwork.· He ran a calloused finger around the rim of his glass. rude/not polite► rude someone who is rude upsets or offends people by not following the rules of good social behaviour and not considering other people's feelings: · What a rude man! He just ignored me when I said "Good morning".· I don't mean to be rude, but could you tell your children to keep quiet?· He's one of the rudest people I've ever met.rude to: · I know you're upset, but there's no need to be rude to your mother.rude about: · Are you being rude about my cooking?it is rude to do something: · It's rude to interrupt people when they are speaking.it is rude of somebody to do something: · I thought it was very rude of her not to answer my letter. ► impolite/not polite not following the rules of accepted social behaviour, especially when someone does this without realizing it - use this especially about the things that people do or say, rather than about people themselves: · In Senegal it is considered impolite if you do not share your food.· You weren't very polite to her.it is impolite/not polite to do something: · I was tired, but I thought it might not be polite to leave so early.· It is impolite and inconsiderate for people to drop in uninvited. ► tactless someone who is tactless upsets or embarrasses someone else, without intending to, by mentioning something that it would be better not to talk about: · I wanted to know about her divorce, but I thought it would be tactless to ask.· She was often tactless and insensitive.· tactless remarks ► abrasive seeming rude or unkind because you say what you think very directly, so that people are annoyed or offended: · Harris was abrasive and arrogant.· Anson's abrasive personality has landed her in trouble many times in the past. ► bad manners someone who has bad manners does not behave politely in social situations, for example by not saying "please" and "thank you": · Marilyn apologized for her husband's bad manners.it is bad manners to do something: · It is bad manners to talk with your mouth full. ► bad-mannered/ill-mannered behaving in a rude and unpleasant way, especially because of never having been taught how to be polite: · Her children are incredibly bad-mannered -- she should be more strict with them.· Ill-mannered movie-goers talked and took cell phone calls during the picture. · As soon as some English people go abroad, they seem to change into bad-mannered, insensitive oafs. ► discourteous formal not behaving in a polite way - use this especially about people's remarks or behaviour: · It would have seemed discourteous to refuse his offer.discourteous to: · He claimed that the officer had been discourteous to him. ► be unpleasant to deliberately behave in a rude and unfriendly way towards someone: · He can be very unpleasant when he's in a bad mood.· It isn't necessary to be that unpleasant, Mike.be unpleasant to: · She was shocked at how unpleasant the children were to their mother. ► loutish rude, loud, and unpleasant - use this especially about people's behaviour: · The behaviour of some politicians in debates is simply loutish and intimidating.· They considered my boyfriend to be loutish and a bit stupid.· loutish behaviour COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► paper 1rude or unkind: She was a tough girl with rather an abrasive manner.2having a rough surface, especially one that can be used to clean something or make it smooth: Smooth down with a fine abrasive paper.—abrasively adverb· You can do this by hand with abrasive paper and a sanding block.· Once hardened, the repair can be shaped flush with a plane and chisel, before a final finish with abrasive paper.· This resembles a cylinder lawnmower, and drives a drum to which sheets of abrasive paper are fitted.· When hardened, smooth down with abrasive paper, then seal with plaster primer.· Use two coats, rubbing down with fin abrasive paper between.· If leather is involved, rough the area to be stuck with coarse abrasive paper. abrasive1 adjectiveabrasive2 noun abrasiveabrasive2 noun [countable] ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS a rough powder or substance that you use for cleaning something or making it smooth
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