单词 | callous |
释义 | callous —callously, adv. —callousness, n. /kal"euhs/, adj. 1. made hard; hardened. 2. insensitive; indifferent; unsympathetic: They have a callous attitude toward the sufferings of others. 3. having a callus; indurated, as parts of the skin exposed to friction. v.t. , v.i. 4. to make or become hard or callous. [1375-1425; late ME < L callosus hard-skinned, tough, equiv. to call(um) tough skin, any hard substance + -osus -OUS] Syn. 1. hard. 2. inured, insensible, obtuse. See hard. Ant. 1. soft. 2. sensitive. |
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