“callousness”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

callousness

释义

callousness|ˈkæləsnɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
†1.
a. Callous quality or condition, induration;
b. A callous formation; = callosity 1, 2.
c1660Jer. Taylor On Repent. vii. viii, A callousness of his feet or a wart upon his fingers.c1715Cheyne (J.) The skin becomes the thicker, and so a callousness grows upon it.1765Phil. Trans. LV. 82 There are often found in them [the lungs] tumours, callousnesses, etc.
2. fig. A hardened state of mind, conscience, etc.; want of feeling, insensibility.
1692Bentley Boyle Lect. 12 Abandon'd to a callousness and numness of soul.1726Butler 15 Serm. v. 91. 1781 Johnson Lett. 258 (1788) II. 194 As I have not the decrepitude I have not the callousness of old age.1844Stanley Arnold (1858) I. vi. 236 The richer classes will again relapse into their old callousness.1867Pearson Hist. Eng. II. 35 John's..utter callousness to honour.

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