【callous】 - AEAS备考词汇

callous

UK:  ['kæləs]

US:  ['kæləs]

v.

1.使无感觉;使无情

2.使硬结

3.无感觉;麻木

adj.

1.无情,冷漠,冷酷,冷酷无情,冷若冰霜;冷血动物

2.狠心肠;无动于衷,麻木不仁,铁面无情

3.无情的,硬心肠的;无感觉的

4.无情的;冷淡的

5.已硬结的,起老茧的

6.坚硬的,长满老茧的

7.腻烦

8.胼胝状的

1 . Call me callous and insensitive, but I do not think that it is possible for me to consume purely organic food.
你可以说我麻木，说我迟钝，但我始终认为只食用绿色食物是不可能的。

2 . Wake up in front of the bench sitting callous and then suddenly began to run.
醒来的甘木然坐在门前的长椅上，然后突然开始奔跑。

3 . and it may be that she was merely bored with her husband and went to Strickland out of a callous curiosity.
可能她不过对自己的丈夫感到厌倦，只是出于好奇心（并无任何热情在内）才去我的思特里克兰德。

4 . He still says things that are callous, at least on the surface.
他表示自己对事物依旧麻木，至少表面上是这样。

5 . Cancer dads are more like mothers than fathers in some way, although they may try to hide this fact by trying to appear tough and callous.
巨蟹痤的父亲在某些情况下更象妈妈，虽然他们努力表现他们的强硬和麻木来隐藏这个事实。