rude: [14] Rude comes via Old French rude from Latin rudis ‘rough, raw’. This seems originally to have denoted ‘rough unpolished stone’ – it was related to Latin rūdus ‘broken stone’ – but its ultimate origins are unknown. From it were derived rudīmentum ‘beginning’ (etymologically ‘raw state’), which has given English rudiment [16], and ērudīre ‘take the roughness out of’, hence ‘polish, teach’, source of English erudite. => erudite, rot, rudiment
rude (adj.)
late 13c., "coarse, rough" (of surfaces), from Old French ruide (13c.) or directly from Latin rudis "rough, crude, unlearned," perhaps related to rudus "rubble." Sense of "ill-mannered, uncultured; uneducated, uncultured" is from mid-14c. Rude boy (also rudie, for short) in Jamaican slang is attested from 1967. Figurative phrase rude awakening is attested from 1895.
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1. Rude taxi drivers clocked up a total of 239 offences in 1990.
1990年，出租车司机鲁莽驾驶导致的违章事件总共达239起。
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2. I was often rude and ungracious in refusing help.
我拒绝接受帮助的时候时常显得粗鲁无礼。
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3. I can be very rude to motorists who hoot at me.
对那些朝我按喇叭的司机我会很不客气。
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4. "You are rude and obtrusive, Mr Galbraith," said Tommy.
“您粗暴无礼而且冒失莽撞，加尔布雷思先生，”汤米说道。
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5. I just think it's rude and it's ticking me off.
