callous
英 ['kæləs] 美 ['kæləs]
| 近义词 | heartless 、 cold 、 hard 、 unfeeling 、 insensitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
- adj. 无情的；麻木的；硬结的；起老茧的
- vt. 使冷酷无情；使硬结；使生茧
- vi. 变得冷酷无情；结茧；变硬
- n. 硬皮；老茧
词态变化
比较级: more callous;最高级: most callous;副词: callously;名词: callousness;
助记提示
1. call- "hard skin" (谐音：铠哦、壳哦 ---- 铠甲哦).
中文词源
callous 冷漠的
词源同callus, 老茧，硬的。比喻无感情的，冷漠的。
英文词源
- callous (adj.)
- c. 1400, "hardened," in the physical sense, from Latin callosus "thick-skinned," from callus, callum "hard skin" (see callus). The figurative sense of "unfeeling" appeared in English by 1670s. Related: Callously; callousness.
双语例句
- 1. He is callous about the safety of his workers.
- 他对他工人的安全毫不关心.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. The colonists massacred thousands of natives with brutal and callous force.
- 殖民者惨绝人寰地屠杀了成千的土著居民.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 3. She was selfish, arrogant and often callous.
- 她自私傲慢,而且往往冷酷无情.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. Her callous attitude repels me.
- 她冷酷无情的态度引起我的反感.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. His cruel and callous comments made me shiver.
- 他残酷无情的批评令我胆寒.
来自《简明英汉词典》