Uncouth
[ʌn'kuːθ] or [ʌn'kʊθ]
解释:
(a.) Unknown.
(a.) Uncommon; rare; exquisite; elegant.
(a.) Unfamiliar; strange; hence, mysterious; dreadful; also, odd; awkward; boorish; as, uncouth manners.
琼整理
同义词及近义词：
a. [1]. Rustic, awkward, boorish, clownish, loutish, clumsy, unseemly, unrefined, uncourtly, lubberly, rude, gawky, inelegant, slouching, ungainly.[2]. Unfamiliar, unusual, strange, odd.
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同义词及反义词：
SYN:Odd, unseemly, {[awk]?}, ward, boorish, clumsy, clownish, ungraceful, strange,underbred, ungainly
ANT:Quaint, neat, polite, trim, modish, fashionable, graceful, courtly,well-mannered, refined, polished, well-bred
校对:梅勒妮
解释:
adj. awkward ungraceful esp. in manners or language grotesque odd.—adv. Uncouth′ly.—n. Uncouth′ness.
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例句:
- But you know I am but an uncouth Milton manufacturer; will you forgive me? 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- I even promised that I would hide my uncouth sentiments in my own breast. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- Not that she would encourage him in the least--the poor uncouth monster--of course not. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- To many persons this Egdon was a place which had slipped out of its century generations ago, to intrude as an uncouth object into this. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- Externally it presents the appearance of some curious, uncouth, cast iron box, which, to the uninitiated, piques the curiosity, and when opened adds no explanation of its real character. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- Ursula knew she gave herself away to the other woman, she knew she looked ill-bred, uncouth, exaggerated. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- Uncouth and clumsy doors, windows and blinds, were framed on the simplest utilitarian basis, and a scanty supply of rude hand-made furniture imperfectly filled the simple wants of the home. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- He rose in bed, drew up his withered limbs, and rolled about in uncouth positions; he was acting--he was at the theatre. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- It was an uncouth carriage, looking something like a caravan used at a country fair. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- I recollect once thinking there was something in his manner, uncouth as it was, that denoted a fall in life. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- Like the first steam engine, telephone or automobile, the first addressograph was crudely simple and of course presented an uncouth mechanical appearance. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- He describes Edison as uncouth in manner, a chewer rather than a smoker of tobacco, but full of intelligence and ideas. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- He was a youth of about eighteen years, decidedly unprepossessing in dress and rather uncouth in manner. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- In Little Dorrit's eyes and ears, the uncouth figure and the uncouth sound were as pleasant as could be. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- Sola, let me add, was an exception; I never saw her perform a cruel or uncouth act, or fail in uniform kindliness and good nature. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- And now to be baffled by strange, uncouth characters the like of which he had never seen before! 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- Toller, for that is his name, is a rough, uncouth man, with grizzled hair and whiskers, and a perpetual smell of drink. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- The Captain thought so, and raved about her in uncouth convulsions. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- He ate in a ravenous way that was very disagreeable, and all his actions were uncouth, noisy, and greedy. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- But Ursula knew that her father felt uncouth and angry and unhappy, so she was far from her ease. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- His brown, sweat-streaked, muscular body, glistening in the moonlight, shone supple and graceful among the uncouth, awkward, hairy brutes about him. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- She saw him as she introduced him to her friends--uncouth, illiterate--a boor; and the girl winced. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- Over him hung a form which I cannot find words to describe; gigantic in stature, yet uncouth and distorted in its proportions. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
- I am but uncouth and hard, but I would never have led you into any falsehood for me. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- His voice and language are more uncouth, and more difficult to be understood by those who are not used to them. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- They were ugly and uncouth, but they were his instruments. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
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