• adj. 唐突的；直率的；无礼的
• n. (Brusque)人名；(法)布吕斯克

词源不详。可能同brush, 刷子, broom, 金雀花，扫帚。形容不分皂白的，唐突的。

brusque

brusque: [17] Brusque comes ultimately from the name of an unpleasant spiky shrub, the butcher’s broom, which instead of normal branches and leaves has twigs flattened into a leaflike shape, with at their ends stiff spines. The term for this in Vulgar Latin was *bruscum, which, passing into Italian as brusco, came to be used as an adjective, meaning ‘sharp, tart’. French borrowed it as brusque ‘lively, fierce’, and passed it on to English. It seems likely that English brisk [16] is derived from it.
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brusque (adj.)

1650s, from French brusque "lively, fierce," from Italian adjective brusco "sharp, tart, rough," perhaps from Vulgar Latin *bruscum "butcher's broom plant."

1. His manner was self-assured and brusque.

他态度傲慢无礼。

来自柯林斯例句

2. They received a characteristically brusque reply from him.

他们从他那里得到的是一个粗鲁无礼的答复，他一贯都是那样的。

来自柯林斯例句

3. The doctor spoke in a brusque tone.

医生不客气地简单说了几个字。

来自《权威词典》

4. Her brusque manner concealed a caring nature.

她举止粗鲁但实际上很关心他人.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. He is never brusque with his comrades.

他对同志从不疾言厉色.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》