| 释义 |
hard-core
\¦ ̷ ̷ ¦ ̷ ̷ \ adjective
Etymology: hard core
1. : of, relating to, or being persons whose economic position and educational background are substandard and who experience chronic unemployment
< the hard-core unemployed >
2. : confirmed : die-hard
< hard-core football fans >
< a hard-core liberal >
3. of pornography : containing explicit descriptions of sex acts or scenes of actual sex acts — compare soft-core herein
4. : characterized by or being the purest or most basic form of something : fundamental
< a room gussied up in hard-core French provincial style — John Canaday >
5. : serious or intense in nature or degree
< hard-core crime > |