brute

adjective · noun · verbA2

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more brute

Superlative

most brute

1.
Without reason or intelligence (of animals).
a brute beast
2.
Characteristic of unthinking animals; senseless, unreasoning (of humans).
3.
Unconnected with intelligence or thought; purely material, senseless.
the brute earth; the brute powers of nature
4.
Crude, unpolished.
5.
Strong, blunt, and spontaneous; being purely physical in nature.
I got the door open through brute force.
6.
Brutal; cruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless, without intelligence or reason.
brute violence

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

brutes

1.
(archaic)An animal seen as being without human reason; a senseless beast.
2.
A person with the characteristics of an unthinking animal; a coarse or brutal person, particularly one who is dim-witted.
One of them was a hulking brute of a man, heavily tattooed and with a hardened face that practically screamed "I just got out of jail."
3.
(film, television) A kind of powerful spotlight.
4.
(UK, archaic)(archaic, UK, Cambridge University slang) One who has not yet matriculated.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

brutes

V_ing/Gerund

bruting

V_ed/pp

bruted

1.
(transitive)To shape (diamonds) by grinding them against each other.
2.
(alt of, obsolete)Obsolete spelling of bruit.

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Middle French brut, from Old French brut, from Latin brūtus (dull, stupid, insensible), an - loanword, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us (heavy). Cognate with βαρύς, گران and (guru).