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発音

• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /əˈbɹeɪ.sɪv/, /əˈbɹeɪ.zɪv/

形容詞

abrasive (comparative more abrasive, superlative most abrasive)

1. Producing abrasion; rough enough to wear away the outer surface. [First attested in 1805.]
2. Being rough and coarse in manner or disposition; overly aggressive and causing irritation. [First attested in 1925.]

   An abrasive person can grate on one's sensibilities.

   Despite her proper upbringing, we found her manners to be terribly abrasive.

   • 1978, Nixon, Richard, RN: the Memoirs of Richard Nixon‎^[1], Grosset & Dunlap, →ISBN, LCCN 77-87793, OCLC 760525066, OL 7561812M, page 570:

     The women of the movement, it struck me, were more humorless and more single-minded in their total dedication to the ideology than were the men. In fact, Chiang Ching was unpleasantly abrasive and aggressive. At one point that evening she turned to me and in a challenging voice asked, "Why did you not come to China before now?" Since the ballet was in progress at the time, I did not respond.

派生語

名詞

abrasive (複数形 abrasives)

1. A hard inorganic substance or material consisting in powder or granule form such as sandpaper, pumice, or emery, used for cleaning, smoothing, or polishing. [First attested in the mid 19^th century.]^[1]
2. (geology) Rock fragments, sand grains, mineral particles, used by water, wind, and ice to abrade a land surface.

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• abrasion

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