brute
US: /ˈbɹut/
UK: /bɹˈuːt/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
brute /bru:t/- danh từ
- súc vật, thú vật
- cục súc, kẻ vũ phu
- thú tính (trong con người)
- tính từ
- (thuộc) súc vật
- cục súc, vũ phu
- brute strength: sức mạnh vũ phu
- hung ác, tàn bạo
- (thuộc) xác thịt, nhục dục
Advanced English dictionary
noun, adjective+ noun
1 (sometimes humorous) a man who treats people in an unkind, cruel way: His father was a drunken brute. + You've forgotten my birthday again, you brute! + an ugly brute
2 a large strong animal
+ adjective [only before noun]
1 involving physical strength only and not thought or intelligence: brute force / strength
2 basic, simple and unpleasant: the brute facts of inequality + Their desire for independence has to do with brute economics.
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 brutish, dull, unfeeling, senseless, blind, unintelligent, unthinking, thoughtless, mindless, unreasoning, irrational, instinctive, physical, material; insensate, unconscious:
He was able to lift the safe without help, by sheer brute strength.
n.
2 animal, beast, savage:
He wrote that man was the middle link between angels and brutes. George behaved like an absolute brute to her.
Concise dictionary
brutesbruːtnoun
+a cruelly rapacious person
+a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
adj.
+resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility
