ADJ-GRADED 粗鲁的;无理的;唐突的 If you describe a person or their behaviour as brusque, you mean that they deal with things, or say things, quickly and shortly, so that they seem to be rude. 粗鲁的;无理的;唐突的
The doctors are brusque and busy .
医生们说话简短生硬,十分忙碌。
They received a characteristically brusque reply from him.