kempt

英 [kem(p)t] 美
  • adj. 整洁的;梳理过的

助记提示


b、p音变:comb(梳子)—> kempt(整洁的)。

中文词源


kempt 整洁的,梳理好的

来自comb的过去分词方言,梳理好的,整洁的。

英英释意


1. (used of hair) neat and tidy;
"a nicely kempt beard"

英文词源


kempt (adj.)
"well-combed, neat," late 14c., from past tense of dialectal kemb, from Old English cemdan (see unkempt). A rare word after c. 1500; any modern use probably is a whimsical back-formation from unkempt.

实用场景例句


The girls are kempt.
女孩们很整洁.

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