unkempt
英 [ʌn'kem(p)t]
美[,ʌn'kɛmpt]
- adj. 蓬乱的，不整洁的；（言语等）粗野的
助记提示
1. 词中 kempt 这一成分是 comb (梳) 的动词异体 kemb 的过去分词形式，kemb 早已废弃不用，早已被新动词 comb 所取代，因此，umkempt 的字面含义与 uncombed 等价、相同。
中文词源
unkempt 不整洁的
un-, 不，非，kempt-, 梳理，词源同comb。即未梳理过的，不整洁的。
英英释意
- 1. not neatly combed;
- "wild unkempt hair"
- 2. not neat or cared for; slovenly;
- "his unkempt appearance"
- 3. not properly maintained;
- "an unkempt garden"
- "native vistas and unkempt rambling paths"
英文词源
- unkempt
- unkempt: [15] Unkempt means literally ‘uncombed’. It was coined from the prefix un- ‘not’ and the past participle of the now defunct verb kemb ‘comb’. This came from a prehistoric Germanic *kambjan, a derivative of *kambaz ‘comb’ (ancestor of the English noun comb). It began to be replaced by the new verb comb in the 14th century.
=> comb - unkempt (adj.)
- 1570s, from un- (1) "not" + kempt "well-combed, neat," from variant past participle of Middle English kemben "to comb," from Old English cemban "to comb," from Proto-Germanic *kambijan, from *kamb- "comb" (see comb (n.)). Form unkembed is recorded from late 14c. The verb kemb is rare after 1400s, but its negative past participle form endures.
实用场景例句
- greasy, unkempt hair
- 油乎乎乱蓬蓬的头发
牛津词典
- His hair was unkempt and filthy.
- 他的头发蓬乱污秽。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...the unkempt grass.
- 荒芜的草坪
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- His voice was hoarse and his unkempt head only added to its grewsome quality.
- 他的声音嘶哑,加上他那副蓬头垢面的样子,听起来很可怕.
英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
- He did not mean to go unkempt.
- 他并非存心要衣冠不整.
辞典例句
- 'Dreamy eyes and unkempt hair, What have you done to yourself. "
- ‘ 朦胧的眼神,蓬乱的头发你对自己做了什么 ’
电影对白
- The garden looks very unkempt.
- 花园显得凌乱不堪.
期刊摘选
- A strange figure is revealed , outwardly unprepossessing, untidy , unkempt, he a yogi of transcendent powers.
- 一个奇怪的现象显示,他虽然表面上不吸引人, 不修边幅, 实际上却是一位有着超越力量的瑜伽修行者.
期刊摘选
- No one knows what period this mass of unkempt grave mounds belongs to.
- 这片丛冢也不知是什么年代的.
期刊摘选
- Visitors who caught sight of him in New Hampshire where he lived described an unkempt recluse.
- 曾有访客在其居住地新罕布希尔州见过他,把他描绘成一位不修边幅的隐士.
期刊摘选
- Unclean, unkempt, clothed in rags and hunger and madness, he saw himself victorious, heroic and beautiful.
- 尽管他一身腌臜,没梳没洗, 衣服褴褛,饥肠辘辘,疯子似的, 在他自己眼中也立时变成英俊, 威武的胜利者.
辞典例句
- Their hair was long and unkempt and their clothes were wrinkled and old.
- 他们举止不雅,不修边幅,头发蓬乱,衣服破旧,根本不热情好客,还在我说话的时候乱嚷嚷. ”
期刊摘选
- The star a greying overgrown beard with his hair looking scruffyand unkempt a cream trilby hat.
- 他留着花白的杂草丛生的胡须,头发看起来也乱糟糟的未加梳理,戴着顶奶油色的毡帽.
期刊摘选
- Unkempt occasionally allowed, but must on occasion.
- 允许偶尔蓬头垢面, 但要注重场合.
期刊摘选
- Their faces were unkempt, their clothing sloppy.
- 他们仍然仪容不整, 衣服也都是遢里邋遢的.
辞典例句
- The old beggar was dirty and unkempt.
- 那个老乞丐蓬头垢面.
《简明英汉词典》
- People expected revolutionaries to be bearded and unkempt.
- 人们认为革命者都是满脸胡须,邋里邋遢的.
辞典例句
- He had an unkempt appearance.
- 他仪容不整.
辞典例句
- During the owners'absence the lawn became dreadfully unkempt.
- 主人们不在的时候,草地变得凌乱不堪.
期刊摘选
- The grazers keep the grass neat and I have no liking for unkempt grounds.
- 草食动物能使草地整洁,我也不喜欢杂草丛生的草地.
期刊摘选
- His hair was unkempt and filthy.
- 他的头发蓬乱污秽。
辞典例句
- He had long unkempt hair and a stubbly chin.
- 他的头发又长又乱，脸上胡子拉碴。
柯林斯例句
- The brick path to the door was hemmed in on either side by tall, unkempt boxwood hedges.
- 通往门口的砖路两旁是高大、杂乱的黄杨树篱。
柯林斯例句