crass
英 [kr?s]
美[kr?s]
- adj. 愚钝的；粗鲁的；非常的
- n. (Crass)人名；(英)克拉斯
GRE低频词畅通词汇
词态变化
比较级:?crasser;最高级:?crassest;副词:?crassly;名词:?crassness;
中文词源
crass 愚蠢的
来自拉丁词crassus, 厚的，粗糙的，词源同grease.
英文词源
- crass
- crass: see grease
- crass (adj.)
- 1540s, from Middle French crasse (16c.), from Latin crassus "solid, thick, fat; dense." The literal sense always has been rare in English; meaning "grossly stupid" is recorded from 1650s, from French. Middle English had cras (adj.) "slow, sluggish, tardy" (mid-15c.), also crassitude "thickness." Related: Crassly; crassness.
双语例句
- 1. The government has behaved with crass insensitivity.
- 该政府行事愚蠢而且麻木不仁。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. the crass questions all disabled people get asked
- 所有残疾人都会碰到的愚蠢而缺乏同情心的提问
来自《权威词典》
- 3. Crass materialism causes people to forget spiritual values.
- 极端唯物主义使人忘掉精神价值.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 4. The family has been described variously as crass, bigoted, racist and plain boring.
- 人们对这家人有各种不同的评价：愚蠢、顽固、有种族偏见和无聊透顶，不一而足。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. I didn't want any part of this silly reception. It was all so crass.
- 我完全不想参加这个无聊的欢迎会. 它实在太糟糕了.
来自《简明英汉词典》