callous

英語

詞源

源自拉丁語 callōsus (「皮膚硬的」)，源自callum (「硬的皮膚」) + -ōsus。

發音

• (英國，美國) 國際音標^(幫助)：/ˈkæləs/

• （英國南部）音頻：

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• 韻部：-æləs
• 同音詞：callus

形容詞

callous (比較級 more callous，最高級 most callous)

1. 冷淡的，無情的，鐵石心腸的

   She was so callous that she could criticise a cancer patient for wearing a wig.

   她無情到會因為癌症病人戴假髮而責備他。

   • 2021 9月 15, Laura Martin, 「How talent shows became TV's most bizarre programmes」, 出自 BBC‎^[1]:

     Re-watching some of the audition rounds of these shows now, you're struck by how callous the judges' comments often were, and how they presented a cruel spectacle in which the audience were set up to laugh at the "deluded" members of the public who believed they could sing.

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

2. 起老繭的

近義詞

• heartless
• insensitive

相關詞彙

• calloused
• callus

名詞

callous (複數 callouses)

1. callus的另一種寫法