uncouth

英语

词源

源自中古英語 uncouth，源自古英語 uncūþ (“不明的；不熟悉的；奇怪的”)，源自原始西日耳曼語 *unkunþ，源自原始日耳曼語 *unkunþaz (“未知的”)，等价于un- +‎ couth。

发音

• 國際音標^(幫助): /ʌnˈkuːθ/

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  韻部：-uːθ

形容词

uncouth (比較級 uncouther 或 more uncouth，最高級 uncouthest 或 most uncouth)

1. (古舊) 奇怪的，奇特的，不寻常的

   反義詞：(弃用) couth

   • c. 1598–1600 (date written)，William Shakespeare，「As You Like It」，收錄於 Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […]（First Folio），London： […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount，1623 出版，→OCLC，「[Act II, scene vi]」，882-94行：

     If this uncouth
     forest yield anything savage, I will either be food for it or
     bring it for food to thee.

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   • 1667，John Milton，「Book V」，收錄於 Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books，London： […] [Samuel Simmons], […]，→OCLC；再版為 Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […]，London：Basil Montagu Pickering […]，1873，→OCLC：

     The trouble of thy thoughts this night in sleep
     Affects me equally; nor can I like
     This uncouth' dream, of evil sprung I fear […]

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2. 蹩脚的

   近義詞：fremd

3. 粗鲁的，没教养的

   近義詞：impolite；亦參見Thesaurus:impolite

   反義詞：couth

   • 1699, Samuel Garth, The Dispensary, Canto IV, line 204:

     Harsh words, though pertinent, uncouth appear: / None please the fancy, who offend the ear.

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   • 2014, James Lambert, “A Much Tortured Expression: A New Look At `Hobson-Jobson'”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 27, number 1, page 58:

     If Yule found it delightful, why did Kipling find it uncouth?

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   • 2021 May 10, Ian Prasad Philbrick, quoting Brian Fallon, “‘We May Not Have a Full Two Years’: Democrats’ Plans Hinge on Good Health”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     “I don’t think it’s uncouth to talk about it. I think it’s a reality that has to inform the urgency with which we approach those issues.”

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衍生词汇

• uncouthness

相关词汇

來自原始印歐語詞根*ǵneh₃-的英語詞 (7个页面)

异序词

• untouch

约拉语

词源

源自中古英語 uncouth，源自古英語 uncūþ (“不明的；不熟悉的；奇怪的”)，源自原始西日耳曼語 *unkunþ。

形容词

uncouth

1. 奇怪的
   • WEXFORD THREE HUNDRED YEARS AGO., line 9.

     estraunge, uncouth;

参考资料

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 120