单词 | crass |
释义 | crass From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcrasscrass /kræs/ adjectiveBEHAVEbehaving in a stupid and offensive way which shows that you do not understand or care about other people’s feelings → insensitivecrass remark a crass stupidity an act of —crassly adverbExamples from the Corpuscrass• He is wincing in a 1940s fleapit auditorium where they are showing a crass adaptation of one of his books.• The primary motive is to free the self from a life that is necessarily rendered crass and degrading by society.• But this isn't just another crass commercialisation of a fictional character.• The materialism was crass, everyone's expectations had been aroused, and few people had been satisfied.• We live in a time of crass materialism.• a crass remark• How did birthdays become less like Thanksgiving and more like the crass side of Christmas?Origin crass (1400-1500) Latin crassus “thick, fat, coarse” |
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