coarsen

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To make (more) coarse. transitive
    — 1941, Emily Carr, Klee Wyck, Chapter 6 "D'Sonoqua," http://www.gutenberg.net.au/ebooks01/0100131h.html She appeared to be neither wooden nor stationary, but a singing spirit, young and fresh, passing through the jungle. No violence coarsened her; no power domineered to wither her. She was graciously feminine.
  2. To become (more) coarse. intransitive
    — He was intolerable now except under the influence of liquor, and as he seemed to decay and coarsen under her eyes, Gloria's soul and body shrank away from him […]

词形变化

coarsens present,singular,third-person coarsening participle,present coarsened participle,past coarsened past

词汇关系

衍生词
coarsener

词源

Etymology tree
English coarse
English -en
English coarsen
From coarse + -en.
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