| 单词 | calloused |
| 释义 | calloused (once / 20664 pages) adj Use the adjective calloused to describe skin that is thickened and rough from rubbing against something. You might have calloused feet after a summer of walking around barefoot. Skin can become calloused from repetitive actions — a gardener, for example, might have calloused fingers from pruning rose bushes every day, and runners might get blisters that become calloused heels after rubbing against new shoes. In books, people who do physical work often have hands described as calloused. The Latin root word, callosus, means "thick-skinned." WORD FAMILYcallous: callosity, calloused, callouses, callousing, callously, callousness+/callosity: callosities/callousness: callousnesses USAGE EXAMPLESI’d have liked to have smoked with my grandfather, whose huge, calloused hands always made the cigarette look so thin and fragile. The New Yorker(Dec 01, 2016) “There is another option,” he said, scratching the sole of one foot with the calloused heel of the other. Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns(2007) Before the ceremony, the cardinal stopped by to shake Aleman’s calloused hand. Washington Post(Oct 28, 2016) adj having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear Syn callous, thickened tough, toughened physically toughened |
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