词源

源自拉丁語 (“皮肤硬的”)，源自 (“硬的皮肤”) + 。

发音

• (英國，美國) 國際音標^(幫助)：/ˈkæləs/

• （英国南部）音频：

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• 韻部：-æləs
• 同音词：

形容词

(比較級，最高級)

1. 冷淡的，无情的，铁石心肠的

   She was so callous that she could criticise a cancer patient for wearing a wig.

   她无情到会因为癌症病人戴假发而责备他。

   • 2021 9月 15, Laura Martin, “How talent shows became TV's most bizarre programmes”, 出自 BBC‎:

     Re-watching some of the audition rounds of these shows now, you're struck by how callous the judges' comments often were, and how they presented a cruel spectacle in which the audience were set up to laugh at the "deluded" members of the public who believed they could sing.

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

2. 起老茧的

名词

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1. 的另一種寫法