unkempt
英语[编辑]
其他形式[编辑]
- uncompt (弃用)
词源[编辑]
源自早期形式unkembed、unkemmed,源自中古英語 unkempt (“蓬乱的”),等价于un- + kempt。对比古諾爾斯語 úkembdr。详见kemb。
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形容词[编辑]
unkempt (比較級 more unkempt, 最高級 most unkempt)
- (指头发) 蓬乱的
- 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann,頁號 289:
- Men on cycles, lean-faced, unkempt, scorched along every country lane, shouting of unhoped deliverance, shouting to gaunt, staring figures of despair.
- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
- (引申义) 杂乱的,乱糟糟的
- unkempt bedroom
- 乱七八糟的寝室
- (比喻義) 粗糙的
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参考资料[编辑]
- James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “Uncompt”, A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), 卷X, Part 1 (Ti–U), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697, 页95, 卷1.