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brusquerie

/broos-kuh-ree; French bryskuh-ree/US // ˌbrʊs kəˈri; French brüskəˈri //

刷子,刷牙,刷子的作用

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : abruptness and bluntness in manner; brusqueness.

Examples

  • To conceal this he made use of a brusquerie of speech and manner that was merely a cloak to his real nervousness.

  • "I shan't see that," said Kindelon, with an amused brusquerie.

  • The flat brusquerie of her two remarks to the man had struck her own ear unpleasantly: they were neither polished nor courteous.

  • John Abernethy, the pupil and friend of John Hunter, was remarkable for eccentricity and brusquerie in his dealings with patients.

  • This most mistaken opinion gives an indelicacy, a 'brusquerie', and a roughness to the manners.