• adj. 唐突的；直率的；無禮的
• n. (Brusque)人名；(法)布呂斯克

詞源不詳。可能同brush, 刷子, broom, 金雀花，掃帚。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.
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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.

他態度傲慢無禮。

來自柯林斯例句

2. They received a characteristically brusque reply from him.

他們從他那里得到的是一個粗魯無禮的答復，他一貫都是那樣的。

來自柯林斯例句

3. The doctor spoke in a brusque tone.

醫生不客氣地簡單說了幾個字。

來自《權威詞典》

4. Her brusque manner concealed a caring nature.

她舉止粗魯但實際上很關心他人.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. He is never brusque with his comrades.

他對同志從不疾言厲色.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》