someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing
an aggressive and violent young criminal
a cruel and brutal fellow
Adjective:
not given to gentleness or sentimentality;
\\\"a tough character\\\"
very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution;
\\\"a rugged competitive examination\\\"
\\\"the rugged conditions of frontier life\\\"
\\\"the competition was tough\\\"
\\\"it\\\'s a tough life\\\"
\\\"it was a tough job\\\"
physically toughened;
\\\"the tough bottoms of his feet\\\"
substantially made or constructed;
\\\"sturdy steel shelves\\\"
\\\"sturdy canvas\\\"
\\\"a tough all-weather fabric\\\"
\\\"some plastics are as tough as metal\\\"
violent and lawless;
\\\"the more ruffianly element\\\"
\\\"tough street gangs\\\"
feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough\\\' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad\\\');
\\\"my throat feels bad\\\"
\\\"she felt bad all over\\\"
\\\"he was feeling tough after a restless night\\\"
resistant to cutting or chewing
unfortunate or hard to bear;
\\\"had hard luck\\\"
\\\"a tough break\\\"
making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe;
\\\"a baffling problem\\\"
\\\"I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast\\\"
\\\"a problematic situation at home\\\"
造句
用作形容詞(adj.)
The government is taking a tough line on drug abuse. 政府對濫用麻醉藥品采取強硬方針。
I am well aware that this is a tough job. 我深知這是一件棘手的工作。