Uncouth
[ʌn'kuːθ] or [ʌn'kʊθ]
解釋/意思:
(a.) Unknown.
(a.) Uncommon; rare; exquisite; elegant.
(a.) Unfamiliar; strange; hence, mysterious; dreadful; also, odd; awkward; boorish; as, uncouth manners.
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同義詞及近義詞：
a. [1]. Rustic, awkward, boorish, clownish, loutish, clumsy, unseemly, unrefined, uncourtly, lubberly, rude, gawky, inelegant, slouching, ungainly.[2]. Unfamiliar, unusual, strange, odd.
編輯:罗德里克
同義詞及反義詞：
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
校對:梅勒妮
解釋/意思:
adj. awkward ungraceful esp. in manners or language grotesque odd.—adv. Uncouth′ly.—n. Uncouth′ness.
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例句/造句/用法:
- But you know I am but an uncouth Milton manufacturer; will you forgive me? 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- I even promised that I would hide my uncouth sentiments in my own breast. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Not that she would encourage him in the least--the poor uncouth monster--of course not. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- 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. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- 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. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Ursula knew she gave herself away to the other woman, she knew she looked ill-bred, uncouth, exaggerated. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- 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. 十九世紀發明進展.
- He rose in bed, drew up his withered limbs, and rolled about in uncouth positions; he was acting--he was at the theatre. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- It was an uncouth carriage, looking something like a caravan used at a country fair. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- I recollect once thinking there was something in his manner, uncouth as it was, that denoted a fall in life. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Like the first steam engine, telephone or automobile, the first addressograph was crudely simple and of course presented an uncouth mechanical appearance. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- He describes Edison as uncouth in manner, a chewer rather than a smoker of tobacco, but full of intelligence and ideas. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- He was a youth of about eighteen years, decidedly unprepossessing in dress and rather uncouth in manner. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- In Little Dorrit's eyes and ears, the uncouth figure and the uncouth sound were as pleasant as could be. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- 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. 愛德格·賴斯·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! 愛德格·賴斯·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. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- The Captain thought so, and raved about her in uncouth convulsions. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- He ate in a ravenous way that was very disagreeable, and all his actions were uncouth, noisy, and greedy. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- But Ursula knew that her father felt uncouth and angry and unhappy, so she was far from her ease. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- His brown, sweat-streaked, muscular body, glistening in the moonlight, shone supple and graceful among the uncouth, awkward, hairy brutes about him. 愛德格·賴斯·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. 愛德格·賴斯·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. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- I am but uncouth and hard, but I would never have led you into any falsehood for me. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- His voice and language are more uncouth, and more difficult to be understood by those who are not used to them. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- They were ugly and uncouth, but they were his instruments. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
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