rebarbative
英 [r?'bɑ?b?t?v]
美
- adj. 令人討厭的；難看的
GRE
助記提示
1. barber (originally "beard-trimmer") => barb- "beard" => rebarbative.
2. => literally “to stand beard to beard against, face each other ‘beard to beard’ aggressively”.
3. => repellent, unattractive.
2. => literally “to stand beard to beard against, face each other ‘beard to beard’ aggressively”.
3. => repellent, unattractive.
中文詞源
rebarbative 厭惡的
re-,相對，-barb,胡子，詞源同 beard,barber.即胡子對胡子，面對面，引申詞義快打架的，厭 惡的。
英文詞源
- rebarbative (adj.)
- "repellent, unattractive," 1885, from French rébarbatif (14c.), from barbe "beard," from Latin barba (see barb (n.)).
雙語例句
- 1. He became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful; I find his obsequiousness repellent.
- 他變得令人討厭、易發怒,懷有惡意; 我發現他的奉承令人厭惡.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. He has the rebarbative habit that is smoking during eating.
- 他有邊吃飯邊抽煙那讓人討厭的習慣。
來自辭典例句
- 3. He became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful.
- 他變得令人討厭,容易發怒,而且滿懷惡意.
來自互聯網