raw

Definitions

Raw is the homely Germanic cousin of Latin rud: both descend from the same Proto-Indo-European root for 'raw, bloody.' That shared origin is why raw and crude overlap so much. One image fans out across senses: raw meat (uncooked), raw data (unprocessed), a raw recruit (untrained), raw skin (rubbed sore), raw emotion (unguarded).

Why It Means This

Raw is one of those plain words whose every sense circles one idea: nothing has been done to it yet. Food before the fire, data before the analysis, a recruit before training, skin before it heals — all 'raw.' The emotional sense ('raw grief') is the most modern: feelings so unprocessed they're still bleeding, like the original 'raw, bloody' meaning come full circle.

Common Collocations

• 1.raw materials原材料
• 2.raw data原始数据
• 3.raw deal不公平的待遇
• 4.raw emotion赤裸的情感

Example Sentences

• 1.

  Sushi is made with raw fish and seasoned rice.

• 2.

  We collected the raw data before drawing any conclusions.

• 3.

  Her diary captured the raw grief of those first weeks.

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