austere
US: /ɔˈstɪɹ/
UK: /ɔːstˈiə/
UK: /ɔːstˈiə/
English Vietnamese dictionary
austere /ɔ:s'tiə/
- tính từ
- nghiêm khắc, khắt khe, chặt chẽ
- mộc mạc, chân phương
- khắc khổ, khổ hạnh; giản dị một cách khắc khổ
- chát (vị)
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjective
1 simple and plain; without any decorations: her austere bedroom with its simple narrow bed + Their clothes were always austere.
2 (of a person) strict and serious in appearance and behaviour: My father was a distant, austere man.
3 allowing nothing that gives pleasure; not comfortable: the monks' austere way of life
austerely adverb
Concise English dictionary
austerer|austerestɒ'stɪə
adj.
+severely simple
+of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect
+practicing great self-denial
