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单词 brute
释义 brute
brute1
 —brutelike,  adj.   —brutely,  adv.   —bruteness,  n.  
 /brooht/,  n.  
  1. a nonhuman creature; beast.
  2. a brutal, insensitive, or crude person.
  3. the animal qualities, desires, etc., of humankind: Father felt that rough games brought out the brute in us.
  adj.  
  4. animal; not human.
  5. not characterized by intelligence or reason; irrational.
  6. characteristic of animals; of brutal character or quality.
  7. savage; cruel: brute force.
  8. carnal; sensual.
 [1375-1425; late ME < MF < L brutus heavy, devoid of feeling, irrational]
 Syn. 1. See animal.
brute2
 /brooht/, v.t., bruted, bruting.
 to shape (a diamond) by rubbing with another diamond or a diamond chip.
 [back formation from bruting a rough hewing (of a diamond), partial trans. of F brutage lit., a roughing, equiv. to brut rough, raw (see BRUTE1) + -age -AGE]
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