1. Brusque comes ultimately from the name of an unpleasant spiky shrub, the butcher's broom, which instead of normal branches and leaves has twigs flattened into a leaflike shape, with at their ends stiff spines.
2. The term for this in Vulgar Latin was *bruscum, which, passing into Italian as brusco, came to be used as an adjective, meaning 'sharp, tart'.
3. French borrowed it as brusque 'lively, fierce', and passed it on to English. It seems likely that English brisk is derived from it.
brusque 唐突的
词源不详。可能同brush, 刷子, broom, 金雀花,扫帚。形容不分皂白的,唐突的。
brusque
brusque: [17] Brusque comes ultimately from the name of an unpleasant spiky shrub, the butcher’s broom, which instead of normal branches and leaves has twigs flattened into a leaflike shape, with at their ends stiff spines. The term for this in Vulgar Latin was *bruscum, which, passing into Italian as brusco, came to be used as an adjective, meaning ‘sharp, tart’. French borrowed it as brusque ‘lively, fierce’, and passed it on to English. It seems likely that English brisk [16] is derived from it. => brisk
brusque (adj.)
1650s, from French brusque "lively, fierce," from Italian adjective brusco "sharp, tart, rough," perhaps from Vulgar Latin *bruscum "butcher's broom plant."
1. His manner was self-assured and brusque.
他态度傲慢无礼。
来自柯林斯例句
2. They received a characteristically brusque reply from him.
1. Brusque comes ultimately from the name of an unpleasant spiky shrub, the butcher's broom, which instead of normal branches and leaves has twigs flattened into a leaflike shape, with at their ends stiff spines.
2. The term for this in Vulgar Latin was *bruscum, which, passing into Italian as brusco, came to be used as an adjective, meaning 'sharp, tart'.
3. French borrowed it as brusque 'lively, fierce', and passed it on to English. It seems likely that English brisk is derived from it.
中文词源
brusque 唐突的
词源不详。可能同brush, 刷子, broom, 金雀花,扫帚。形容不分皂白的,唐突的。
英文词源
brusque
brusque: [17] Brusque comes ultimately from the name of an unpleasant spiky shrub, the butcher’s broom, which instead of normal branches and leaves has twigs flattened into a leaflike shape, with at their ends stiff spines. The term for this in Vulgar Latin was *bruscum, which, passing into Italian as brusco, came to be used as an adjective, meaning ‘sharp, tart’. French borrowed it as brusque ‘lively, fierce’, and passed it on to English. It seems likely that English brisk [16] is derived from it. => brisk
brusque (adj.)
1650s, from French brusque "lively, fierce," from Italian adjective brusco "sharp, tart, rough," perhaps from Vulgar Latin *bruscum "butcher's broom plant."
双语例句
1. His manner was self-assured and brusque.
他态度傲慢无礼。
来自柯林斯例句
2. They received a characteristically brusque reply from him.