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Unkempt Describe Hair Kempt Pig 英 ˌʌn'kempt] 美 ˌʌn'kempt

英语单词 unkempt
英美音标 英 [ˌʌn'kempt] 美 [ˌʌn'kempt]
中文释义 adj.乱蓬蓬的;不整洁的
英语例句 (1) The old man was shabby and unkempt.
(2) Their faces were unkempt, their clothing sloppy.
(3) During the owners' absence the lawn became dreadfully unkempt.
中文例句 (1) 老头蓬头垢面,衣衫褴褛。
(2) 他们仍然仪容不整,衣服也都是遢里邋遢的。
(3) 主人们不在的时候,草地变得凌乱不堪。
vocabulary简明 Unkempt literally means “not combed,” but use it to describe anything with a sloppy appearance. Your hair probably looks unkempt when you roll out of bed in the morning. Keep it that way if you're going for the rock star look.
vocabulary扩展 From the fusing of un- “not” with kempt “neat” comes the adjective unkempt. Kempt has fallen out of use, but unkempt persists as a popular word to describe anything unpolished, rough, or disorderly. Pig sties, the corrals where pigs live, are usually quite unkempt. That's why your mom keeps calling your messy, unkempt train wreck of a room a pig sty.
柯林斯解释
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]不整洁的;未被照顾妥当的;未被收拾整齐的 If you describe something or someone as unkempt, you mean that they are untidy, and not looked after carefully or kept neat.
  • His hair was unkempt and filthy.

    他的头发蓬乱污秽。

  • ...the unkempt grass.

    荒芜的草坪

  • ...an unkempt old man.

    邋里邋遢的老头

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