brute 音标拼音: [br'ut]
n . 畜生,残忍或好色之人
a . 残忍的,无理性的,畜生的
畜生,残忍或好色之人残忍的,无理性的,畜生的
brute *蛮
brute adj 1 :
resembling a beast ;
showing lack of human sensibility ;
"
beastly desires "; "
a bestial nature "; "
brute force "; "
a dull and brutish man "; "
bestial treatment of prisoners "
[
synonym : {
beastly }, {
bestial }, {
brute (
a )}, {
brutish },
{
brutal }]
n 1 :
a cruelly rapacious person [
synonym : {
beast }, {
wolf }, {
savage },
{
brute }, {
wildcat }]
2 :
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement [
synonym :
{
animal }, {
animate being }, {
beast }, {
brute }, {
creature },
{
fauna }]
Brute \
Brute \,
a . [
F .
brut ,
nasc .,
brute ,
fem .,
raw ,
rough ,
rude ,
brutish ,
L .
brutus stupid ,
irrational :
cf .
It . &
Sp .
bruto .]
1 .
Not having sensation ;
senseless ;
inanimate ;
unconscious ;
without intelligence or volition ;
as ,
the brute earth ;
the brute powers of nature .
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2 .
Not possessing reason ,
irrational ;
unthinking ;
as ,
a brute beast ;
the brute creation .
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A creature . . .
not prone And brute as other creatures ,
but endued With sanctity of reason . --
Milton .
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3 .
Of ,
pertaining to ,
or characteristic of ,
a brute beast .
Hence :
Brutal ;
cruel ;
fierce ;
ferocious ;
savage ;
pitiless ;
as ,
brute violence . --
Macaulay .
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The influence of capital and mere brute labor .
--
Playfair .
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4 .
Having the physical powers predominating over the mental ;
coarse ;
unpolished ;
unintelligent .
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A great brute farmer from Liddesdale . --
Sir W .
Scott .
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5 .
Rough ;
uncivilized ;
unfeeling . [
R .]
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{
brute force },
The application of predominantly physical effort to achieve a goal that could be accomplished with less effort if more carefully considered .
Figuratively ,
repetitive or strenuous application of an obvious or simple tactic ,
as contrasted with a more clever stratagem achieving the same goal with less effort ; --
as ,
the first prime numbers were discovered by the brute force repetition of the {
Sieve of Eratosthenes }.
[
PJC ]
Brute \
Brute \,
v .
t . [
For bruit .]
To report ;
to bruit . [
Obs .]
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Brute \
Brute \,
n .
1 .
An animal destitute of human reason ;
any animal not human ;
esp .
a quadruped ;
a beast .
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Brutes may be considered as either a ["
e ]
rial ,
terrestrial ,
aquatic ,
or amphibious . --
Locke .
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2 .
A brutal person ;
a savage in heart or manners ;
as unfeeling or coarse person .
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An ill -
natured brute of a husband . --
Franklin .
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Syn :
See {
Beast }.
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165 Moby Thesaurus words for "
brute ":
Adamic ,
Circean ,
Draconian ,
Goth ,
Mafioso ,
Neanderthal ,
Tartarean ,
Young Turk ,
animal ,
animalian ,
animalic ,
animalistic ,
anthropophagite ,
anthropophagous ,
atrocious ,
barbarian ,
barbaric ,
barbarous ,
beast ,
beastlike ,
beastly ,
beldam ,
berserk ,
berserker ,
bestial ,
blind ,
bloodthirsty ,
bloody ,
bloody -
minded ,
bodily ,
bomber ,
brutal ,
brutalized ,
brutelike ,
brutish ,
cannibal ,
cannibalistic ,
carnal ,
carnal -
minded ,
coarse ,
creature ,
creeping thing ,
critter ,
cruel ,
cruel -
hearted ,
demon ,
demoniac ,
demoniacal ,
destroyer ,
devil ,
devilish ,
diabolic ,
dragon ,
dull ,
dumb ,
dumb animal ,
dumb friend ,
earthy ,
fallen ,
fell ,
feral ,
ferine ,
ferocious ,
fiend ,
fiendish ,
fiendlike ,
fierce ,
fire -
eater ,
firebrand ,
fleshly ,
fury ,
goon ,
gorilla ,
gross ,
gunsel ,
hardnose ,
hell -
raiser ,
hellcat ,
hellhound ,
hellion ,
hellish ,
holy terror ,
hood ,
hoodlum ,
hothead ,
hotspur ,
hyena ,
incendiary ,
infernal ,
inhuman ,
inhumane ,
insensate ,
instinctive ,
instinctual ,
irrational ,
killer ,
lapsed ,
living being ,
living thing ,
mad dog ,
madcap ,
man -
eater ,
material ,
materialistic ,
mindless ,
monster ,
mugger ,
murderous ,
nihilist ,
nonrational ,
nonspiritual ,
orgiastic ,
physical ,
postlapsarian ,
rapist ,
revolutionary ,
ruthless ,
sadistic ,
sanguinary ,
sanguineous ,
satanic ,
savage ,
senseless ,
shark ,
sharkish ,
she -
wolf ,
slavering ,
spitfire ,
subhuman ,
swinish ,
termagant ,
terror ,
terrorist ,
thoughtless ,
tiger ,
tigress ,
tough ,
tough guy ,
troglodyte ,
truculent ,
ugly customer ,
unchristian ,
uncivilized ,
unconscious ,
unfeeling ,
unhuman ,
unintelligent ,
unreasoning ,
unspiritual ,
unthinking ,
vandal ,
varmint ,
vicious ,
violent ,
virago ,
vixen ,
wild beast ,
wild man ,
witch ,
wolf ,
wolfish ,
wrecker ,
zoic ,
zooidal ,
zoologic
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BRUTE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of BRUTE is of or relating to beasts How to use brute in a sentence
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