Adjective:
of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles;coarse meal
coarse sand
a coarse weave
lacking refinement or cultivation or taste;he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind
behavior that branded him as common
an untutored and uncouth human being
an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy
appealing to the vulgar taste for violence
the vulgar display of the newly rich
of low or inferior quality or value;of what coarse metal ye are molded
produced…the common cloths used by the poorer population
adj.形容词
coarse, harsh, rough, rude这组词的共同意思是“粗鲁的”“粗糙的”。其区别在于：
1.rough强调言行是粗鲁的。例如:
Many a rough man has been civilized by his wife.许多粗野的男人都被妻子教好了。
Don't be so rough with the child.不要对小孩这样粗暴。
His manners are very rough.他的举止非常无礼。2.rude强调其源于教育差、文化低。例如:
It's rude to peep.偷看别人是不礼貌的。
He was severely reproached for his rude behaviour.他因行为粗鲁而受到严厉指责。
All of us were astonished that Mr. White was so rude to him.怀特先生对他如此无礼,使我们都感到惊异。3.coarse则强调由于粗鲁而引起的厌恶心理。例如:
He is coarse in manner.他举止粗鲁。
It's a coarse joke.这是个粗俗的玩笑。
She used to be coarse of speech.她过去说话很粗鲁。4.harsh侧重于指给人以感官上的粗糙、不和谐的感觉。例如:
The colour is very harsh.那颜色很刺眼。
The cloth is harsh to the touch.这块布料摸上去很粗糙。
The noise is harsh to the ear.那噪声很刺耳。
The surface of the table is very harsh.那张桌子的表面非常粗糙。rough，coarse，harsh，rude，crude这些形容词均有“粗糙”之意。
rough普通用词，指某物表面凹凸不平，天气恶劣，态度粗暴，（计算)粗略。
coarse指某物质地低劣或编织、加工等不精细。也指言谈粗俗。
harsh指外表、性质、声音的粗糙、刺耳、刺目，强调使人不愉快感。
rude指加工粗糙、不精细。尤指行为举止粗鲁无礼，缺乏修养。
crude主要指未经加工处理尚处于自然状态的物质；食物或水果的不熟。
vulgar，coarse，crude，gross这些形容词均含“粗鲁的，粗俗的”之意。
vulgar侧重指对听者的冒犯，往往强调粗野，言行、趣味不高，缺乏教养。
coarse指缺乏教养，言谈粗俗，举止粗野，可与vulgar换用。
crude与vulgar同义，也指言谈举止粗俗，不文雅，缺乏教养。
gross语气强烈，指粗鲁、无礼貌，令人讨厌。
15世纪初期进入英语，直接源自中古英语的cors，意为粗。
用作形容词 adj.
～+名词coarse behavior〔manners, joke〕粗野的行为〔举止,玩笑〕coarse complexion〔skin〕粗糙的颜面〔皮肤〕coarse sand〔salt〕粗沙〔盐〕coarse woollen cloth粗纺毛料
近义词 cruderough反义词 finesoftsmoothrefined
用作形容词adj.
用作定语
～+ n.She never wears clothes made of coarse material.她从来不穿粗布衣服。
The old man made a living with coarse food.老人靠粗劣的食品过活。
It's a coarse joke.这是个粗俗的玩笑。
用作表语
S+be+～The sand is coarse.这沙子粗糙。
Don't be so coarse.别这么粗暴。S+be+～+ prep .-phraseHe is coarse in manner.他举止粗鲁。
She used to be coarse of speech.她过去说话很粗鲁。
adj.形容词
coarse的基本意思是“粗的”,可用于物,指纺织品、纤维等质地粗糙或食物、酒等质量不高的、低劣的; 用于人,指言行、举止粗鲁无礼,强调由此引起的厌恶感。
形容词99%,名词1%
用作形容词The medicine powder is toocoarse, keep grinding it.药面太粗了，再磨细点。
Hiscoarsemanners shocked everyone.他的粗鲁的举止使每个人震惊。 He looked at it, and recognized a wooden shoe, a frightful shoe of the coarsest description, half dilapidated and all covered with ashes and dried mud.
他留意看去，才认出是一只木鞋，一只最最粗陋不堪、已经开裂满是尘土和干污泥的木鞋。 kekenet
Her own dress was of the coarsest materials and the most sombre hue; with only that one ornament- the scarlet letter- which it was her doom to wear.
她自己的衣裙用的是最祖糙的料子和最晦暗的颜色，上面只有一件饰物，就是那红字——那是她注定非戴不可的。 hjenglish
These links represent the coarsest grained system boundaries we mentioned earlier.
我们前面提到过，这些链接代表粗粒度的系统边界。 ibm
These links represent the coarsest grained system boundaries mentioned earlier.
这些链路代表前面提到的粗粒度系统边界。 ibm
Yu decomposed these points into a representation using just42 points that shows only the coarsest folds.
Yu将这些点分解成用42个点来描绘的仅仅显示大皱襞的图表。 dxy