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ruggedness

/ruhg-id/US // ˈrʌg ɪd //UK // (ˈrʌɡɪd) //

坚固性,坚固耐用,坚固,牢固性

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having a roughly broken, rocky, hilly, or jagged surface: rugged ground.
    • : wrinkled or furrowed, as by experience or the endurance of hardship.
    • : roughly irregular, heavy, or hard in outline or form; craggy: Lincoln's rugged features.
    • : rough, harsh, or stern, as persons or nature.
    • : full of hardship and trouble; severe; hard; trying: a rugged life.
    • : tempestuous; stormy: rugged weather.
    • : harsh to the ear: rugged sounds.
    • : rude, uncultivated, or unrefined.
    • : homely or plain: rugged fare.
    • : capable of enduring hardship, wear, etc.; strong and tough: rugged floor covering; a rugged lumberjack.

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Examples

  • The Cardinals, Seahawks and Los Angeles Rams have matching 6-3 records atop the rugged NFC West.

  • During summers she went collecting, preferring to travel solo, even in rugged terrain.

  • As you trek south to north, the ocean puts on a show to your left, while oceanfront cliffs and the rugged King Range rise dramatically to your right.

  • Republicans have criticized her as an out-of-touch “extreme liberal” who hails from a tony mansion-dotted neighborhood in Kansas City, rather than Marshall’s hometown in the rugged plains.

  • This insect’s rugged exoskeleton is so tough that the beetle can survive getting run over by cars, and many would-be predators don’t stand a chance of cracking one open.

  • But thanks to work done in the 1960s and 1970s, “it is still seen as a representation of American Western ruggedness.”

  • But although Turner has exaggerated the ruggedness of Hindhead in his picture, the place is not at all gracious or suave.

  • The fact is that the immigrant stock quickly loses here its distinctive ruggedness.

  • In practice I do not believe in that picturesque ruggedness about the knees which seems so attractive to the average sculptor.

  • It is a mountain of striking individuality and peculiar ruggedness, though not extremely difficult to climb.

  • Joshua had doubtless much of the ruggedness of the early soldier, and it is not fair to blame him for want of sweetness and light.