coarsen

Word family adverbcoarselyverbcoarsennouncoarsenesscoarse fishingadjectivecoarsishcoarse

coars·en /ˈkɔːsən $ ˈkɔːr-/ verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT]

1 ROUGH/NOT SMOOTHto become thicker or rougher, or to make something thicker or rougher （使）变厚；（使）变粗，（使）粗糙

Hard work had coarsened his hands.

干粗活使他的手变得粗糙。

2 RUDE/OBSCENEto become or to make someone become less polite in the way they talk or behave （使）变粗鲁；（使）变粗俗；（使）变猥亵

He’s been coarsened by his experience of war.

战争的经历使他变得粗鲁了。

Examples from the Corpus

coarsen• The political process has become coarsened.

词汇	coarsen
释义	coarsen Word family adverbcoarselyverbcoarsennouncoarsenesscoarse fishingadjectivecoarsishcoarse coars·en /ˈkɔːsən $ ˈkɔːr-/ verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT] 1 ROUGH/NOT SMOOTHto become thicker or rougher, or to make something thicker or rougher （使）变厚；（使）变粗，（使）粗糙 Hard work had coarsened his hands. 干粗活使他的手变得粗糙。 2 RUDE/OBSCENEto become or to make someone become less polite in the way they talk or behave （使）变粗鲁；（使）变粗俗；（使）变猥亵 He’s been coarsened by his experience of war. 战争的经历使他变得粗鲁了。 Examples from the Corpus coarsen• The political process has become coarsened.
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