He was brutally assaulted, fife if 3\
H IT „ 0 Let me be brutally frank about this.
bru-talism
/'brurtalizam/
noun [u] (architecture H) (sometimes disapproving)
a style of architecture used especially in the 1950s and 60s which uses large
concrete blocks, steel, etc., and is sometimes considered ugly and unpleasant
fi if A X, If ± X, II T
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bru’tal-ist
/'bruitalist/
adj., noun
bru tal ize (BrE also -ise) /'bruitalaiz/ verb
[VN] 1 [usually passive] to make sb unable to
feel normal human emotions such as pity ^ A A ^ 'If !§; ^ M & :
soldiers brutalized by war A 7 A I# 051* A fit (0 ± A
2
to treat sb in a cruel or violent way
brute /brurt/
noun, adj.
m noun 1 (sometimes humorous)
a man who treats people in an unkind, cruel way 0$ 0§ PftJ A; #7: His father
was a drunken brute. 0 You’ve
forgotten my birthday again,
you brute! iftXkjT ft ft) ft 0 7, WS.7'
! 2 a large strong animal xff #; 3
a thing which is awkward and unpleasant
■
adj. [only before noun] 1 involving physical
strength only and not thought or intelligence :
brute
force/strength fff]; SfSj 2 basic and
unpleasant MA M 4^ A 7 PlfJ; the brute
facts of inequality
bru tish /‘bruitiJV adj. unkind and violent and
not showing thought or intelligence ;
IIEP; 3i* Hi
(ft ► brutishness noun [U]
Bry
thonic /bri’Onnik;
NAmE -'0a:n-/ (also Brit-tonic) adj. relating to the
southern group of Celtic languages, including Welsh, Cornish and Breton (ft ( 01
il ) — compare Goidelic
BS (BrE) {NAmE
B.S.)
/.bi:
'es/ ahbr. 1 {US) = BSc 2 {BrE) the
abbreviation for ‘Bachelor of Surgery’ ( a university
degree in medicine) 14 ^ ± ( £ A >J Bachelor of
Surgery, ) 3 British Standard (used on
labels, etc. showing a
number given by the British Standards Institution which controls the quality of
products)
i^lftMH^ ) : produced
to BS4353 MIS
DID-
4353 4 {US, taboo, slang) bullshit $}$.;
JfiJ
M:
That guy’s full of Bs.mmm^mm0
BSc
/,bi: es ‘si:/ (BrE) {NAmE B.S.) noun the abbreviation for
‘Bachelor of Science’ (a first university degree in science) Bachelor of Science,
) : to be/have/do a
BSc in Zoology Jl / W / EliM ( 7-fv ) 0 (BrE) Jill
Ayres BSc •
xm
BSE
/,bi: es 'i:/ (also informal
,mad
'cow disease) noun [U] the abbreviation for ‘bovine
spongiform encephalopathy’ (a brain disease of cows that causes death)
( AAA bovine spongiform
encephalopathy, tZ
)
BSI
/,bi:
es 'ai/ abbr. the British Standards Institution (the organization
that decides the standard sizes for goods produced in Britain, and tests the
safety of electrical goods, children’s toys, etc.) ^(1 fa® 14 A (
m h a r & m m to fa m # &' tj * t§ ® &, j imx m (ft
AA )
' B-side noun the side of a pop
record that is considered less likely to be successful ( Hi fa (ft ) B 7 f# )
—compare A-side
BST
/,bi:
es 'ti:/ abbr. British Summer Time H j|t g 4“ WlH]
BTEC
/'biitek/
noun used to refer to any of a large group of British qualifications
that can be taken in many different subjects at several levels (the
abbreviation for ‘Business and Technology Education Council’) f§fikAfl£ AiftWHM
A ( A A A Business and Technology Education Council, ) :
a BTEC Higher National
Diploma in Public Service Studies
* btec
BTW
abbr. used in writing to
mean ‘by the way’ ( -fa A