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无 Dishevel Di'ʃevəl V 使蓬乱,使头发凌乱 Originally Adjective Bare Headed

单词 dishevel
音标 [di'ʃevəl]
解释 v. 使蓬乱,使头发凌乱
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字源 dishevel (v.)
originally an adjective, "bare-headed," late 14c., variant (with muted final -e) of dishevely, from Old French deschevele "bare-headed, with shaven head," past participle adjective from descheveler "to disarrange the hair," from des- "apart" (see dis-) + chevel "hair," from Latin capillus "hair" (see capillary). Of the hair, "dissheveled," mid-15c. OED says use as a verb is chiefly a back-formation from disheveled.
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