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单词 robust
释义 ro·bust
I. \rōˈbəst, ˈrōˌbəst also ˈrō_b-\ adjective
(often -er/-est)
Etymology: Latin robustus oaken, hard, strong, from robor-, robur oak, strength; perhaps akin to Latin ruber red — more at red
1.
 a. : having or exhibiting strength or vigorous health : powerful, muscular, vigorous
  < a new land, full of robust people — Green Peyton >
  < a hearty, robust man in his middle sixties — Jule Mannix >
 b. : firm and assured in purpose, opinion, or outlook
  < this embodied moral healthiness, this robust sayer of Yea and Nay … this genuine man — W.L.Sullivan >
  < the robust skepticism of science — M.R.Cohen >
  < a faith so robust as to outlive shock upon shock of disillusion — Irving Babbitt >
 c. : exceptionally sound : flourishing
  < men and women of robust health and keen intelligence — W.R.Inge >
  < protected by history, by geography and … by its robust liberal tradition — A.M.Schlesinger b.1917 >
 d. : strongly formed or constructed : sturdy
  < robust flowering plants such as veratrum, larkspur, lupine — John Muir †1914 >
  < the furniture is structurally as robust as the society it served — John Gloag >
  < sex in any race is shown by the general proportion of the bones … the male frame being more robust and the bones … more rugged — R.W.Murray >
2. : rough, rude
 < appease their hunger with pemmican and their spirits with roistering songs and robust stories — American Guide Series: Minnesota >
3. : requiring strength or vigor
 < the physical weakling … of little material value to the group in the robust economy of the hunters — R.W.Murray >
4. : full-bodied, strong
 < splendidly robust soups and stews — New Yorker >
 < robust coffee >
Synonyms: see healthy
II. adjective
Etymology: New Latin robustus
: relating to, resembling, or being a specialized group of hominids of the genus Australopithecus (as A. robustus and A. boisei) characterized especially by heavy molars and small incisors adapted to a vegetarian diet — compare gracile herein
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