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词汇 coarse-grained
释义 coarse-grained
adjective
uk /ˈkɔːs.ɡreɪnd/ us /ˈkɔːrs.ɡreɪnd/

coarse-grainedadjective (ROUGH)


Coarse-grained rock, soil, paper, material, etc. is rough, or has pieces in it that are larger than usual:
This kind of sugar is coarse-grained, but works well in the recipe.
Peridotite is a coarse-grained, igneous rock.
Linen is a coarse-grained fabric.亚麻布是一种质地粗糙的布料。
Compare
fine-grained
The locally produced cocoa was a bit coarse-grained but otherwise good.
I prefer coarse-grained salt to fine-grained.
She finds that coarse-grained paper works best for this kind of art.
The experiment resulted in a coarse-grained whitish powder.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Rough, irregular and uneven
abrasion
abrasive
abrasiveness
arrhythmic
bumpy
jagged
jaggedly
jaggy
jerky
knobbly
pockmarked
raggedly
raggedness
raggedy
roughness
rugged
scratchy
unsteady
wonkiness
wonky

coarse-grainedadjective (RUDE)


rude and offensive: 粗俗的;粗野的;无礼的
He plays a coarse-grained local farmer in the show.
I found the humour too coarse-grained for my liking.
I spent a summer erecting marquees with some of the roughest, most coarse-grained bunch of men you could ever meet.
I found some of their coarse-grained remarks extremely offensive.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Rude and cheeky
backchat
cheekily
cheekiness
cheeky
churlishly
churlishness
coarsely
fruity
gall
indelicate
obnoxiousness
offensively
offensiveness
pertly
potty mouth
sass
scatological
unceremonious
unpleasant
unprintable

coarse-grainedadjective (NOT DETAILED)


general and not concerned with details:
Any general overview will inevitably be rather coarse-grained.
This type of analysis is very useful for detailed studies, but not for the relatively coarse-grained work we are interested in.
Compare
fine-grained
Regional authorities have to rely on coarse-grained information such as death rates to decide the level of funding that should go to particular districts and services.
These global agreements, because of their large scope, are necessarily coarse-grained.
We restricted ourselves to very coarse-grained sense distinctions, rather than attempt the type of fine-grained distinctions found in monolingual dictionaries.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

General
abstract
abstraction
abstractly
across-the-board
all-purpose
broad
broadness
by and largeidiom
chiefly
essence
general
general consensus
literally
nomothetic
non-personal
on the wholeidiom
overall
portmanteau
sense
whole
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