Crass

GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. 愚钝的, 粗糙的
• ［英］ adj. 愚钝的, 粗糙的 ( crude and unrefined)
• ［类］ 反义词: refined ( 文雅的)
• ［例］ crass stupidity, ignorance

Webster Collegiate

adjective

• Etymology: Latin crassus thick, gross
• Date: circa 1625
• 1.
  • a. gross 6a; especially having or indicating such grossness of mind as precludes delicacy and discrimination
  • b. being beneath one's dignity <crass concerns of daily life
  • c. — used as a pejorative intensifier<crass flattery<crass propaganda
• 2. guided by or indicative of base or materialistic values <crass commercialism<crass measures of success
• Synonyms: see stupid
• ? crassly adverb
• ? crassness noun

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