| 单词 | uncouth |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [ʌn'ku:θ] |
| 解释 | a.粗野笨拙的 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 adj. 粗野笨拙的(boorish; clumsy in speech or behavior) 【考】 反义词：seemly(适宜 的) 【例】 uncouth manners(粗野的态度) |
| 字源 | uncouth (adj.) Old English uncuð "unknown, strange, unusual; uncertain, unfamiliar; unfriendly, unkind, rough," from un- (1) "not" + cuð "known, well-known," past participle of cunnan "to know" (see can (v.1)). Meaning "strange, crude, clumsy" is first recorded 1510s. The compound (and the thing it describes) widespread in IE languages, such as Latin ignorantem, Old Norse ukuðr, Gothic unkunþs, Sanskrit ajnatah, Armenian ancanaut', Greek agnotos, Old Irish ingnad "unknown." |
| 不择手段背单词 | adj. 粗野笨拙的 【记】un不, couth(adj 文雅有礼貌的): 粗野的读: un裤子, 没穿裤子－不文雅的 【类】uncouth: churl = conspiratorial: conniver粗俗的是粗野的人 = 阴谋的是阴谋家 【反】seemly(adj 适宜的) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】un不 + courtesy 礼貌→不礼貌；un不 + court 宫廷，上不了宫廷的→粗野；un 无+ couch 沙发，家里没沙发显得没品味，粗俗，有沙发才高雅大方； |
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