offensively impolite or ill-mannered 无礼的;粗鲁的;粗野的 she had been rude to her boss. 她对老板粗鲁无礼。 [with infinitive]it's rude to ask a lady her age. 问女士年龄是失礼的。 ■referring to a taboo subject such as sex in a way considered improper and offensive 粗俗的;淫秽的,下流的 Graham giggled at every rude joke. 格雷厄姆对每个粗俗的笑话都咯咯傻笑。 ■[attrib.]having a startling abruptness 猝然的;狂暴的;猛烈的 the war came as a very rude awakening. 战争的来临使人们猛然醒悟。
[attrib.](chiefly Brit.)vigorous or hearty (主英)〉有活力的;粗壮的,强健的 Isabel had always been in rude health. 伊莎贝尔总是很健壮。
(dated)roughly made or done; lacking subtlety or sophistication (旧)粗制的;制作粗糙的;简陋的;技术不精的;拙劣的 a rude coffin. 一口粗制的棺材。 ■(archaic)ignorant and uneducated (古)无知的;无文化的;未开化的;原始的 the new religion was first promulgated by rude men. 这种新宗教最初由没有文化的人传播。
派生 rudely adverb rudeness noun rudery noun 语源
Middle English (in sense 35, also 'uncultured'): from Old French, from Latin rudis 'unwrought' (referring to handicraft), figuratively 'uncultivated'; related to rudus 'broken stone'