粗糙、未加工(字面的粗)
這一支最貼近字根本義:東西做得簡單、粗略、沒下什麼工夫,還停在粗胚的狀態。
crude, roughly made · adjective · B1
Made in a simple, basic way, without much care or skill; rough and plain.
簡陋的;粗製的
Picture something rough, raw, and unfinished — not smoothed, not polished, left in its crude natural state. Most uses of 'rude' come from taking that 'unsmoothed roughness' and applying it to manners, taste, shocks, or health.
English 'rude' comes from Latin 'rudis', meaning 'rough, raw, unwrought, untilled' — the same root sense of something crude and unfinished still sits at the centre of the modern word.
rude 來自拉丁文 rudis,本義是「粗糙、生的、未加工、未開墾的」。這個「粗而未經打磨」的根義,正好就是今天各種用法的共同核心——無論是舉止還是做工,底層都是這股「沒磨過的粗」。
etymonline.com — rude (from Latin rudis 'rough, raw, unwrought')
Three branches
粗糙、未加工(字面的粗)
這一支最貼近字根本義:東西做得簡單、粗略、沒下什麼工夫,還停在粗胚的狀態。
crude, roughly made · adjective · B1
Made in a simple, basic way, without much care or skill; rough and plain.
簡陋的;粗製的
沒磨過的舉止(無禮、粗俗)
把「粗糙、沒打磨」搬到人的言行與品味上:一個人的態度或玩笑沒經過教養的磨光,於是顯得沒禮貌、上不了檯面。
impolite · adjective · B1
Speaking or behaving in a way that is not polite and can upset or annoy other people.
沒禮貌的;粗魯的
未經緩衝的猛與強
還是那股「沒被磨柔、沒經修飾」的粗,只是這裡表現成一種直接的力道——來得又猛又硬,或壯得結結實實。
rude awakening / rude shock · adjective · B1
A 'rude awakening' or 'rude shock' is a sudden, unpleasant surprise when you learn the truth about something.
猛然醒悟;當頭一棒
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
rudeadj/ɹuːd/
Lacking in refinement or civility; bad-mannered; discourteous.
Lacking refinement or skill; untaught; ignorant; raw.
Violent; abrupt; turbulent.
Somewhat obscene, pornographic, offensive.
Undeveloped, unskilled, inelegant.
Hearty, vigorous; found particularly in the phrase rude health.
Crudely made; primitive.
slangGood, awesome.
slangSexy, hot, overtly attractive.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。