| 单词 | brash |
| 释义 | brash —brashly, adv. —brashness, n. /brash/, adj., brasher, brashest, n. adj. Also, brashy. 1. impertinent; impudent; tactless: a brash young man. 2. hasty; rash; impetuous. 3. energetic or highly spirited, esp. in an irreverent way; zesty: a brash new musical. 4. (used esp. of wood) brittle. n. 5. a pile or stack of loose fragments or debris, as of rocks or hedge clippings. 6. See brash ice. 7. Pathol. heartburn (def. 1). 8. Scot. and North Eng. Dial. a. a sudden shower or burst of rain. b. any sudden, minor sickness or indisposition, esp. of the digestive tract. c. an assault; attack. [1400-50; (n.) late ME brass(c)he a slap, crash, perh. b. brok(e) (OE broc breach, fragment, sickness; akin to BREAK) and dasch smashing blow; see DASH1; (adj.) in sense "brittle," deriv. of n.; in sense "hasty" by confusion with RASH1] Syn. 2. reckless, overhasty, imprudent, foolhardy, precipitate. Ant. 2. cautious, wary, prudent, careful. |
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