0 quick and rude in manner or speech -- 粗魯的；唐突的
His secretary was a little brusque with me. 他秘書對我的態度有些粗魯。
The buoyant dance returns but a further unison passage and two brusque chords shut the movement up.
Shortage of space may make my responses seem brusque.
The second movement employs an authoritative rhythmic structure which is underpinned by fairly brusque and defined guitar sounds.
The impresario's reply was equally brusque: he demanded the finished text by the next day.
By the time it reached its brass-capped climax, reinforced by a supererogatory organ, we had more than got the point: the brusque ending was five minutes too late.
Another point of comment rather than criticism is the sometimes offhand and brusque manner in which union officials speak to their members.
Is it right that this important matter should be rejected in this rather brusque manner?
In the form in which it is drafted the clause is more than brusque.
