ugly
英 ['ʌglɪ]
美['ʌɡli]
- adj. 丑陋的；邪恶的；令人厌恶的
词态变化
比较级: uglier;最高级: ugliest;名词: ugliness;
中文词源
ugly 丑陋的
来自PIE*egh, 恐惧，害怕，引申词义丑陋，-ly, 形容词后缀。比较其同源词awe, 敬畏。
英英释意
- 1. displeasing to the senses and morally revolting;
- "an ugly face"
- "ugly furniture"
- "war is ugly"
- 2. deficient in beauty;
- "ugly gray slums"
- 3. inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace;
- "a surly waiter"
- "an ugly frame of mind"
- 4. morally reprehensible;
- "would do something as despicable as murder"
- "ugly crimes"
- "the vile development of slavery appalled them"
- 5. threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments;
- "a baleful look"
- "forbidding thunderclouds"
- "his tone became menacing"
- "ominous rumblings of discontent"
- "sinister storm clouds"
- "a sinister smile"
- "his threatening behavior"
- "ugly black clouds"
- "the situation became ugly"
- 6. provoking horror;
- "an atrocious automobile accident"
- "a frightful crime of decapitation"
- "an alarming, even horrifying, picture"
- "war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill
- "an ugly wound"
英文词源
- ugly
- ugly: [13] Ugly originally meant ‘horrible, frightening’; ‘offensive to the sight’ is a secondary development, first recorded in the 14th century. The word was borrowed from Old Norse uggligr, a derivative of the verb ugga ‘fear’. In the early 1930s it was applied, in the altered spelling ugli, to a new sort of citrus fruit, a hybrid of the grapefruit and the tangerine; the reference is to the fruit’s unprepossessing knobbly skin.
- ugly (adj.)
- mid-13c., uglike "frightful or horrible in appearance," from a Scandinavian source, such as Old Norse uggligr "dreadful, fearful," from uggr "fear, apprehension, dread" (perhaps related to agg "strife, hate") + -ligr "-like" (see -ly (1)). Meaning softened to "very unpleasant to look at" late 14c. Extended sense of "morally offensive" is attested from c. 1300; that of "ill-tempered" is from 1680s.
Among words for this concept, ugly is unusual in being formed from a root for "fear, dread." More common is a compound meaning "ill-shaped" (such as Greek dyseides, Latin deformis, Irish dochrud, Sanskrit ku-rupa). Another Germanic group has a root sense of "hate, sorrow" (see loath). Ugly duckling (1877) is from the story by Hans Christian Andersen, first translated from Danish to English 1846. Ugly American "U.S. citizen who behaves offensively abroad" is first recorded 1958 as a book title.
考试真题
- All of those specialized bulbs led to the building of specialized light fixtures, from the desk lamp you study by, to the ugly but beloved hand-painted Chinese lamp you inherited from your grandmother, to the ceiling fixture in your closet, to the light in your oven or refrigerator, and to the light that the dentist points at you.
出自-2015年12月阅读原文
- All of those specialized bulbs led to the building of specialized light fixtures, from the desk lamp you study by, to the ugly but beloved hand-painted Chinese lamp you inherited from your grandmother, to the ceiling fixture in your closet, to the light i
2015年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B
- And while plastic bags may be ugly to look at, they represent a small percentage of all garbage on the ground today.
2018年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文
- These accents were seen as "common" and "ugly".
2015年高考英语广东卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
实用场景例句
- an ugly face
- 丑陋的面孔
牛津词典
- an ugly building
- 难看的建筑
牛津词典
- an ugly incident
- 危险事件
牛津词典
- There were ugly scenes in the streets last night as rioting continued.
- 昨晚暴乱持续之际，街上险象环生。
牛津词典
- ...an ugly little hat...
- 难看的小帽子
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- She makes me feel dowdy and ugly.
- 她让我自惭形秽。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- There have been some ugly scenes...
- 出现了一些恶性事件。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The confrontation turned ugly.
- 对抗局面进一步激化。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Down deep in that ugly heap Marie Curie felt sure that her new element lay hidden.
- 就在那一堆丑陋难看的东西中,玛丽·居里夫人深信她的新元素蕴藏其中,不为人知.
《简明英汉词典》
- The witch was hideously ugly.
- 那个女巫丑得吓人.
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- The sky has an ugly look.
- 天气阴沉沉的.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- He's got the looks of a film star now, but he was a real ugly duckling as a child.
- 他现在一副电影明星的模样, 小时候他可真是只丑小鸭.
《简明英汉词典》
- I like her in a kind, but she is ugly.
- 我有点喜欢她, 但她长得丑.
《简明英汉词典》
- What an ugly mug!
- 多难看的一张脸!
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- She painted herself thick and ugly.
- 她脸上粉搽得又厚又难看.
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- He's very sensitive about his ugly appearance.
- 他对自己丑陋的外貌很敏感.
《简明英汉词典》
- If you're not careful, the evil magician will change you back into the ugly creature that you used to be.
- 你要是不小心的话, 那个邪恶的魔术师又会把你变回你原来的丑模样.
《简明英汉词典》
- She discredited him with ugly gossip.
- 她用难听的流言蜚语臭他.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The situation was getting more ugly.
- 情况变得更恶劣了.
《简明英汉词典》
- An ugly woman serves as a foil to a pretty girl.
- 一个丑女人可以将美丽的姑娘反衬得更加漂亮.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Children are sometimes understandably reluctant to wear glasses that are ugly or uncomfortable.
- 孩子们有时不愿意戴难看或不舒服的眼镜,这是可以理解的.
《简明英汉词典》
- Don't believe the ugly rumours.
- 不要听信那些不堪入耳的谣言.
《简明英汉词典》
- The fairy changed the ugly old woman into a frog.
- 仙女把那个丑陋的老女人变成了一只青蛙.
《简明英汉词典》
- There were ugly scenes in the streets last night as rioting continued.
- 昨晚暴乱持续之际，街上险象环生。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
- Roy was tremendously ugly, mega ugly.
- 罗伊巨丑特丑。
柯林斯例句
- Often outsize clothes are made from cheap fabric and look like ugly tents.
- 超大号服装常常质地较差，而且看上去好似丑陋的帐篷。
柯林斯例句