Word · Frequency #11576
brute
残暴的人；畜生
A cruel, violent, or coarse person; someone who behaves like an unthinking animal.
多含贬义，指人
- 1.
A person with the characteristics of an unthinking animal; a coarse or brutal person, particularly one who is dim-witted.
具有无思想动物特征的人；粗鲁或残暴的人,尤其是愚钝的人
- 2.
a cruelly rapacious person
残忍贪婪的人
- 3.
A kind of powerful spotlight.
一种强力聚光灯
- 4.
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
具有自主运动能力的生物体
动物；强力聚光灯；具有无思想动物特征的人；粗鲁或残暴的人,尤其是愚钝的人；残忍贪婪的人；一种强力聚光灯
In use
The villain in the movie was a heartless brute who terrorized the town.
We need to treat animals with kindness, not like mindless brutes.
Despite his size, he was no brute; he was gentle and kind.
Connections
Collocations
- a brute of a man
- 像畜生一样残暴的男人；蛮横的大块头
- Her new husband turned out to be a brute of a man who treated her like a servant.她的新丈夫原来是个像畜生一样残暴的家伙，把她当佣人一样对待。
- a vicious brute
- 凶残的暴徒；残忍的畜生
- The warlord was a vicious brute who destroyed entire villages.那个军阀是个凶残的暴徒，毁掉了整个村庄。
- a drunken brute
- 醉酒闹事的恶棍；酒后施暴的人
- A drunken brute started a fight outside the bar.一个醉醺醺的恶棍在酒吧外挑起斗殴。
- a dumb brute
- 不会说话的畜生（常指动物）
- In the past, working animals were treated as dumb brutes, not as companions.过去，役用动物被当作不会说话的畜生对待，而不是当作伙伴。
- an old brute
- 老恶棍；老混蛋（对粗暴男人的贬称）
- My neighbor is an old brute who never greets anyone.我的邻居是个从不跟人打招呼的老混蛋。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想 brute 与 brutal（残忍的）仅差 -al：去掉词尾就是名词“残暴的人、畜生”，画面是蛮横无脑的打手。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：日常对话、文学/影视描写 作名词指“残暴的人”时，语气较强，通常带贬义；口语和文学描写中都可能出现，正式场合较少使用。
Grammar Note
通常贬义
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都与 /bruːt/ 押韵（重读元音 /uː/ + /t/）。注意拼写陷阱：but /bʌt/ 和 put /pʊt/ 虽以 -ut 结尾，但发音不同；minute 作名词读 /ˈmɪnɪt/，作形容词读 /maɪˈnjuːt/。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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