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Collins English-English Dictionary
- brute [bruːt]
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1.
n
any animal except man; beast; lower animal
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2.
n
(as modifier)
- brute nature
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3.
n
a brutal person
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4.
adj
[prenominal]
wholly instinctive or physical (esp in the phrases brute strength, brute force)
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5.
adj
without reason or intelligence
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6.
adj
coarse and grossly sensual
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7.
adj
[Etymology]
C15: from Latin br
u tus heavy, irrational; related to gravis heavy
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1.
n
any animal except man; beast; lower animal
Examples
- a brute beast
- 无理性的兽类 → beast
- the brute force of nature
- 无情的自然力 → brute
- by brute force
- 凭蛮力 → brute
- brute nature → brute
- 薄幸贼
- You heartless brute! → 薄幸
- 不畏强暴敢于斗争的英雄气概
- the heroic spirit of daring to struggle against brute force → 气概
- 不畏强梁
- defy brute force → 强梁
- 一副穷凶极恶的样子
- with the look of a fiendish brute → 穷凶极恶
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