Callous



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. 结硬块的; 无情的
• ［英］ adj. 结硬块的 ( thick and hardened) ; 无情的 ( lacking pity; unfeeling)
• ［记］ 来自callus ( 老茧)
• ??1.
• ????a. being hardened and thickened
• ????b. having calluses ［callous hands］
• ??2.
• ????a. feeling no emotion
• ????b. feeling or showing no sympathy for others

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective

• Etymology: Middle English, from Latin callosus, from callum, callus callous skin
• Date: 15th century
• 1.
  • a. being hardened and thickened
  • b. having calluses <callous hands
• 2.
  • a. feeling no emotion
  • b. feeling or showing no sympathy for others ; hard-hearted callous indifference to suffering
• ? callously adverb
• ? callousness noun

II. transitive verb

• Date: 1834
• to make callous <hands calloused by hard manual labor

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