brute

animal, beast, creature, brute, cattle

名词 brute:

1. a cruelly rapacious person
   同义词：beast, wolf, savage, wildcat
2. a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
   同义词：animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna

形容词 brute:

1. resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility
   同义词：beastly, bestial, brutish

1. His father was a drunken brute.
   他的父亲是个酗酒成性、冷酷无情的人。
2. That dog looks a real brute.
   那条狗真像一只野兽。
3. You've forgotten my birthday again, you brute!
   你真没良心，又把我的生日忘了！
4. That dog is a dangerous brute; it bites people.
   那条狗是危险的畜牲，它咬人。

brute

n.（名词）
An animal; a beast.
畜生；野兽
A brutal, crude, or insensitive person.
残忍的人，粗暴的人，麻木不仁的人
adj.（形容词）
Of or relating to beasts; animal:
野兽的，野蛮的：兽性的或与其相关的；野兽的：
例句：
.None of the brute creation requires more than food and shelter.(Henry David Thoreau)
.所有野蛮的动物需要的只是食物和栖息所而已.(亨利·戴维·梭罗)

Characteristic of a brute, especially:
象野兽一样的，尤指：
Entirely physical:
完全是肉体上的：
例句：
brute force.
蛮力

Lacking or showing a lack of reason or intelligence:
没有理性的，没有智慧的：
例句：
a brute impulse.
兽性的冲动

Savage; cruel:
野蛮的；残忍的：
例句：
brute coercion.
残酷的威逼

Unremittingly severe:
严酷的：
例句：
was driven to steal food through brute necessity.
由于极其困窘被迫去偷食

Coarse; brutish.
粗野的；愚蠢的

来源：
From Middle English [nonhuman]
源自 中古英语 [非人类]
from Old French brut
源自 古法语 brut
from Latin brôtus [stupid] * see g wer…-
源自 拉丁语 brôtus [愚笨的] *参见 g wer…-

【引伸】
brut.ism
n.（名词）
<参考词汇><同义词>brute,animal,brutish,brutal,beastly,bestialThese adjectives apply to what is more characteristic of lower animals than of human beings.
这些形容词都表示具有较低等动物而不是人的特征的。
Brute, the least derogatory,stresses a lack of the understanding or sensibility regarded as distinguishing people from animals:
Brute 最具褒义，强调缺乏理解力和敏感性，而这两点使人与动物区分开来：
例句：
brute force.
蛮力。

Animal emphasizes physical nature as opposed to intellect or spirit:
Animal 强调与智力、精神相对的生理性质；
例句：
animal vitality.
动物的活力。

Brutish stresses marked lack of human refinement and sensitivity:
Brutish 强调明显缺乏教养和敏感；
例句：
He had the look of a dull and brutish man.
他看起来是个迟钝粗野的人。

Brutal emphasizes unfeeling cruelty:
Brutal 强调无情，残忍：
例句：
.the brutal amusements of the bullbaiting or the cockpit. (William Howitt).Bothbeastly and bestial imply degeneracy or moral degradation:
.纵狗咬牛或斗鸡的残酷娱乐. （威廉·豪威特）。beastly 和 beastial 含有堕落，道德腐化的意思：

例句：
indulging beastly desires;
放纵的兽欲；

例句：
bestial and sordid drunkenness.
肮脏污秽的醉酒。

Beastly, however, is often used to characterize what is merely very disagreeable:
Beastly 常用来指仅仅给人造成不愉快的东西：
例句：
What a beastly storm!
多么可恶的暴风雨！