词组 | core |
释义 | CORE heart and soul the central core [of someone or something]. (Fixed order.)My very heart and soul was made sad by her hurtful attitude.Now we are getting to the heart and soul of the matter.This feature is the heart and soul of my invention. core adjective 1 said of pornography that shows penetration. A shortened HARDCORE US, 1995. 2 serious, weighty, important US, 1986 inner coreThe innermost part of something. The term is used both literally and figuratively. What is the Earth's inner core made of? At his inner core, he's a good person, I just know it. outer coreOne part of the inside of the Earth (as opposed to the Earth's "inner core"). All right class, what can you tell me about the Earth's outer core? be rotten to the coreTo be entirely bad, evil, or corrupt. The defense attorney refused to take the case when he realized the criminal was rotten to the core, unrepentantly boasting about his heinous crimes. That company is just rotten to the core—I wouldn't be surprised if all the employees were embezzling money! to the coreFully or completely; in the most essential or inherent way. That company is just rotten to the core—I wouldn't be surprised if all the employees were embezzling money! hard core1. noun A very devoted subset of group or organization. They're the hard core of the group, so I'd talk them if you're interested in volunteering. 2. noun A style of rock music that is especially loud and aggressive. Usually spelled as one word. I used to listen to hardcore, but I've moved on to other genres. 3. adjective Describing someone who is staunch and unyielding in their beliefs. Often hyphenated or spelled as one word. She's a hard-core liberal, so good luck getting her to listen to your conservative views. 4. adjective Describing pornography that is especially graphic or explicit. Often hyphenated or spelled as one word. I was appalled to find hard-core porn on his computer. 5. adjective Describing something that is especially intense or impressive. Often hyphenated or spelled as one word. Wow, you're really specializing in surgery? That's hardcore! 6. adjective Describing a style of rock music that is especially loud and aggressive. Usually spelled as one word. I used to play in a hardcore punk band back in college. rotten to the coreThoroughly and totally bad, evil, or corrupt. The defense attorney refused to take the case when he realized the criminal was rotten to the core, unrepentantly boasting about his heinous crimes. That company is just rotten to the core—I wouldn't be surprised if all the employees were embezzling money! rock (one) to (one's) coreTo affect one very deeply or profoundly, especially in a startling or revelatory fashion. The sudden arrest of my business partner for murder has rocked me to my core, leaving me questioning everything I once knew. The dramatic ending to the film rocked him to his core. softcore1. Depicting erotic sexual content or activity without containing explicit or graphic images or descriptions, especially of penetration or genitalia (i.e. "hardcore"). The magazine has been accused of being little more than softcore pornography. It's being described as an art film depicting the true nature of an adult relationship, but it's just softcore porn, if you ask me. 2. Not particularly extreme in one's dedication to something. I still love playing video games, but I'm just a softcore gamer these days. We're all pretty softcore fans of football. We love watching it when it's on, but we don't follow it religiously or anything. normcoreA fashion aesthetic consisting of particularly nondescript, unadorned casual clothing items. The model gravitates toward normcore when she's not on the runway, and I saw this tendency firsthand when she arrived for this interview in a plain sweatshirt and relaxed jeans. rotten to the coreFig. really bad; corrupt. That lousy punk is rotten to the core. The entire administration is rotten to the core. to the coreall the way through; basically and essentially. (Usually with some negative sense, such as evil, rotten, etc.) Bill said that John is evil to the core. This organization is rotten to the core. rotten to the coreThoroughly bad, as in It seems that this police unit is rotten to the core, involved in numerous extortion schemes . The noun core here denotes the central part or heart of anything or anyone. The idiom was first recorded in 1804. to the coreCOMMON You use to the core after an adjective to make a statement stronger, especially a statement describing how someone feels or describing the character of someone or something. Father Godfrey Carney said the community was shocked to the core. The insurance industry is rotten to the core. Loxton, the artist, was English to the core yet she was inspired by France. to the ˈcorevery much; in every way: He’s a Welshman to the core.They believe that our society is rotten to the core (= completely bad).(the) ˌhard ˈcore(British English) the small central group in an organization, or in a particular group of people, who are the most active or who will not change their beliefs or behaviour: It’s only really the hard core that bother(s) to go to meetings regularly. ▶ ˈhard-core adj.1 having a belief or a way of behaving that will not change: a hard-core political activist 2 relating to pornography (= books, videos, etc. that describe or show naked people and sexual acts) of an extreme kind: hard-core sex magazines hard-core1. mod. sexually explicit; pornographic. You can’t sell that hard-core stuff in a store like this! 2. mod. extreme; entrenched. There are too many hard-core cases of poverty there. 3. mod. very good; stunning; great. I’d like a really hard-core pizza with at least five kinds of cheese. 4. mod. extreme; quintessential. She thinks of herself as a hard-core leftist. rotten to the core mod. really bad. (see also rotten apple.) That lousy punk is rotten to the core. soft core1. mod. referring to a mild type of pornography. Now even the soft core stuff is getting harder to find at newsstands. 2. n. mild pornography. They keep some soft core under the counter. soft-core1. mod. [of pornography] less revealing or realistic than real life; not showing genitals. They are showing a lot of soft-core stuff on cable and most of the soap operas. 2. mod. less intense or extreme than hard-core. She had a soft-core approach to portraying suffering. |
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