unkempt是什么意思,unkempt怎么用

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📰 外刊例句

Jane Fonda has an unkempt fringe and holds up a fist in protest. 简·方达的刘海蓬乱,举起拳头以示抗议。

—— 《经济学人》

—— 《纽约时报》


📖 基本释义

[adjective] (especially of a person) having an untidy or disheveled appearance
[形容词] (尤指人)外表邋遢或凌乱的


💡 深入解读

Unkempt 一词源自古英语cemban(梳理),16世纪70年代由前缀 un- (否定)+中古英语kemben(梳理)的过去分词变体kempt(梳得很好的、整洁的)构成而来。该词既可以用来形容人的头发、胡须等“未梳理的、凌乱的、缠结的”,也可以用来形容人的总体面貌以及花园、房间等“不整洁的、未收拾整齐的、未被照管好的”,即适用于形容那些为了给人留下好印象而需要保持整洁的事物,常意味着极度疏忽,

比如:

蓬乱的胡须

an unkempt beard

不修边幅的外貌

an unkempt appearance

凌乱的酒店房间

an unkempt hotel room

the loaded date palms in the once unkempt orchard曾经荒芜的果园里果实累累的椰枣树


📚 名著用例

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。

— 出自《美国现实主义作家西奥多·德莱赛(Theodore Dreiser)创作的长篇小说《嘉莉妹妹》( Sister Carrie )。参见: 名著下载 | 嘉莉妹妹(Sister Carrie)》


🔍 同近义词

  • scruffy: shabby and untidy or dirty
  • disheveled: (of a person's hair, clothes, or appearance) untidy; disordered
  • slovenly:(especially of a person or their appearance) messy and dirty
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