单词 | tough |
例句 | tough adjective 1.•tough leather gloves:durable, strong, resilient, sturdy, rugged, solid, stout, long-lasting, heavy-duty, industrial-strength, well-built, made to last. ANT soft, flimsy, fragile. 2.•the steak was tough:chewy, leathery, gristly, stringy, fibrous. ANT tender. 3.•she'll survive—she's tough:robust, resilient, strong, hardy, rugged, flinty, fit | stalwart, tough as nails. ANT weak. 4.•another tough report from the auditor:strict, stern, severe, stringent, rigorous, hard, firm, hard-hitting, uncompromising | unsentimental, unsympathetic. ANT soft, light, lenient. 5.•that exercise sure was tough:arduous, onerous, strenuous, grueling, exacting, difficult, demanding, hard, taxing, tiring, exhausting, punishing, laborious, stressful, back-breaking, Herculean | archaic toilsome. ANT easy. 6.•these are tough questions:difficult, hard, baffling, knotty, thorny, tricky. ANT easy.▶noun •a gang of toughs:ruffian, thug, goon, hoodlum, hooligan | informal roughneck, hood, heavy, bruiser, yahoo. |
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