coarse
英 [kɔːs]
美 [kɔrs]
助记提示
1. course => coarse.
2. originally referring to rough cloth for ordinary wear.
3. coarse is the adjectival use of course.
4. The sense developed from '(following) the usual course' (cf. of course) to 'ordinary, common' to 'lacking refinement', with 'not fine, granular' arising from its application to cloth.
双语例句
- 1. The voice, less coarse now, stirred her as it had then.
- 现在那声音已不那么刺耳，它又如当年一样让她怦然心动。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. She spoke in a quiet voice but used remarkably coarse expressions.
- 她说话声音很小，但是用了些特别粗俗的字眼儿。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Using a pestle and mortar, pulverise the bran to a coarse powder.
- 用杵和臼，将麸皮磨成粗粉。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. He's a coarse, foul-mouthed bully.
- 他是一个粗俗无礼、满嘴脏话的恶棍。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. The man was brutish and coarse.
- 那人野蛮粗俗。
来自柯林斯例句
