Rash



GRE 蓝宝 考研

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. 鲁莽的
• ［英］ adj. 鲁莽的（too hasty or incautious）
• ［类］ obsessed : attracted / loquacious : talkative / rash : adventurous ( 程度: 被迷住的 -> 吸引的 / 喋喋不休的 -> 多嘴的 / 鲁莽的 -> 勇敢的) 反义词: cautious ( 谨慎的)

Webster Collegiate

I. adverb

• Etymology: Middle English (northern dialect) rasch quickly; akin to Old High German rasc fast
• Date: 15th century
• archaic in a rash manner

II. adjective

• Date: 1509
• 1. marked by or proceeding from undue haste or lack of deliberation or caution <a rash promise>
• 2. obsolete quickly effective
• Synonyms: see adventurous
• ? rashly adverb
• ? rashness noun

III. noun

• Etymology: obsolete French rache scurf, from Old French raiche, from Vulgar Latin *rasica, from *rasicare to scratch, from Latin rasus, past participle of radere
• Date: 1709
• 1. an eruption on the body
• 2. a large number of instances in a short period <a rash of complaints>

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