cruel

adj. 残酷的，残忍的；使人痛苦的，让人受难的；无情的，严酷的

中文词源

cruel 残酷的

来自crude，粗糙的。

cruel: cruel: [13] Aptly, cruelty and crudeness are closely linked etymologically. Cruel comes via Old French cruel from Latin crūdēlis, a relative of Latin crūdus (which actually meant ‘cruel’ as well as ‘raw’ and ‘bloody’). Both come ultimately from an Indo-European base which also produced English raw, Greek kréas ‘flesh’ (whence English creosote and pancreas), and Old Slavic kruvi ‘blood’. (Crude is a 14thcentury borrowing direct from Latin.)
=> creosote, crude, pancreas, raw
cruel (adj.): early 13c., from Old French cruel (12c.), earlier crudel, from Latin crudelis "rude, unfeeling; cruel, hard-hearted," related to crudus "rough, raw, bloody" (see crude). Related: Cruelly. Latin medial -d- began to disappear 10c. in French: compare chance/cadentia, cheoir/cadere, joyeux/gaudiosus, juif/judaeus, moyen/medianus, obéir/obedire, séance/sedentia.

1. 谐音“酷吏哦，酷戮哦”-----残酷地杀戮哦。2. 谐音“酷奴哦”-----残酷地奴役哦。3. 谐音“可戮哦、渴戮哦”-----渴望杀戮哦。

1. He is still the butt of cruel jokes about his humble origins.: 他仍然因出身低微而被人无情嘲笑。

2. These cruel devices are designed to stop prisoners bending their legs.: 这些残酷的刑具是用来阻止犯人弯腿的。

3. Marion's father counter-attacked by saying that Blaze's claims were cruel and untrue.: 玛丽昂的父亲反击说布拉兹的说法冷酷无情，根本是在撒谎。

4. The detainees are often held in cruel and inhuman conditions.: 被拘留者的关押环境常常恶劣严酷、很不人道。