coarse
英 [kɔːs]
美 [kɔrs]
助記提示
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.
中文詞源
coarse 粗糙的來自course 的拚寫變體。原指常規的，普通的，後來詞義貶義化。
英文詞源
- coarse
- coarse: [14] For such an everyday word, the origins of coarse are surprisingly clouded. It first appears in the forms corse or course, and meaning ‘ordinary, everyday’, which has led to speculation that it is an application of the noun course, in the sense ‘the ordinary run of things, the usual practice’; however, not all etymologists accept this. The modern spelling coarse became established in the 18th century.
- coarse (adj.)
- early 15c., cors "ordinary" (modern spelling is from late 16c.), probably adjectival use of noun cours (see course (n.)), originally referring to rough cloth for ordinary wear. Developed a sense of "rude" c. 1500 and "obscene" by 1711. Perhaps related, via metathesis, to French gros, which had a similar sense development. Related: Coarsely; coarseness.
雙語例句
- 1. The voice, less coarse now, stirred her as it had then.
- 現在那聲音已不那麽刺耳，它又如當年一樣讓她怦然心動。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. She spoke in a quiet voice but used remarkably coarse expressions.
- 她說話聲音很小，但是用了些特別粗俗的字眼兒。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Using a pestle and mortar, pulverise the bran to a coarse powder.
- 用杵和臼，將麩皮磨成粗粉。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. He's a coarse, foul-mouthed bully.
- 他是一個粗俗無禮、滿嘴髒話的惡棍。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. The man was brutish and coarse.
- 那人野蠻粗俗。
來自柯林斯例句