英语词汇“tough”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	tough
释义	tough I. \ˈtəf\ adjective (-er/-est) Etymology: Middle English tow, togh, tough, from Old English tōh; akin to Old High German zāhi tough, Old Norse tā ground trodden to hardness, Old English tengan to press forward, tenge pressing, resting on 1. a. : having the quality of being strong or firm in texture but flexible and not brittle : yielding to force without breaking : capable of resisting great strain without coming apart < the ligaments of animals are tough > b. : not easily chewed or masticated < steak so tough we could hardly cut it > 2. : having great viscosity : glutinous, sticky, tenacious < tough phlegm > < tough tar > 3. a. : characterized by severity : stiff, forceful < when the law gets too tough, the courts don't convict — Gregor Felsen > < one change will be a tougher boycott ban — S.K.Galpin > b. (1) : characterized by uncompromising determination : adamant, militant < had something with which to back a tough and inflexible foreign policy — New Statesman & Nation > (2) : aggressive, threatening < the thing to do is get tough with that country — Harry Schwartz > 4. : capable of enduring strain, hardship, or severe labor : having or manifesting great physical resistance : unusually sturdy : hardy < the rigorous climate … creates a tough people — Douglas Carruthers > < the Scots … were almost without exception very tough fighting men — G.W.Johnson > 5. : very hard to influence or move : stubborn, unyielding < they view him … as a tough antagonist — New York Times > < insight into certain deep and persistent … traits and into the tough fidelities — Clifton Fadiman > < the toughest judge … single-minded and implacable — M.S.Mayer > 6. : making unduly heavy or arduous demands : extremely difficult to cope with or comprehend < had been a tough winter — Heywood Broun > < found himself in a tough spot — Barnaby Conrad > < one of the toughest languages in the world — Albert Hubbell > < the work that men do is not the tough part of their lives — G.W.Brace > 7. : stubbornly fought : stoutly maintained < had lost a tough contest that went into extra innings — R.O.Boyer > 8. a. : pertinaciously unruly : rowdyish, ruffianly : tending toward viciousness < problem children who were too tough for the other schools — Green Peyton > b. : frequented by rowdy or criminal elements < a patrolman on … the toughest waterfront beat — Current Biography > < had a reputation as one of the toughest places in the state — American Guide Series: Nevada > 9. : marked by a steely quality : without softness or sentimentality : harshly even brutally realistic < his book is … unbelievable tough — W.H.Auden > < a writer … who is tough and blunt and calls a spade a spade — M.D.Geismar > < strongly influenced by American writing of the tough school — British Book News > Synonyms: see strong II. transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) : to bear unflinchingly : endure — used with out < a friend with whom he was toughing the winter out — A.B.Guthrie > < been toughing out a dry spell — W.D.Overholser > < the boy wanted to tough it out and be a cowboy — Ross Santee > III. noun (-s) : a tough person; especially : rowdy IV. adverb : in a tough manner < tried to tell why he and his buddies talked tough — Time > < talks tough and insensitively but sends money — A.E.Stevenson b. 1900 > V. adjective slang : excellent : splendid : great — used as a generalized term of approval
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