callous

英['kæləs] 美['kæləs]
  • 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》