kempt

英语

词源

原为kemb的过去分词，源自中古英語 kemben，源自古英語 cemban (“梳理”)。现代用法逆构自表否定的unkempt。详见kemb、comb。

发音

• 國際音標^(幫助)：/kɛm(p)t/

• （英国南部）音频

  （文檔）

  韻部：-ɛmpt

形容词

kempt

1. (現幽默) 整洁的 （尤形容头发）
   • 1907, Barbara Baynton, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 出版於 1980，頁號 189:

     For a moment Boshy thought his senses were playing up with him, for there in the door entrance stood the identical girl - the same turkey-egg complexion, stubby nose, and her red hair only changed from unkempt to kempt.

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

   • 1982, Michael Blodgett, Captain Blood，頁號 iii. 342:

     He could see her now: middle-aged, gray hair, well kempt, European-looking.

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

用法说明

比unkempt少用。常用于复合词well-kempt或短语“well kempt”，但可能会被认为繁冗。对比well-groomed、well-kept。

近义词

• well-groomed