unkempt
- adj. 蓬亂的，不整潔的；（言語等）粗野的
TEM8GRE暢通詞匯
助記提示
1. 詞中 kempt 這一成分是 comb (梳) 的動詞異體 kemb 的過去分詞形式，kemb 早已廢棄不用，早已被新動詞 comb 所取代，因此，umkempt 的字面含義與 uncombed 等價、相同。
中文詞源
unkempt 不整潔的
un-, 不，非，kempt-, 梳理，詞源同comb。即未梳理過的，不整潔的。
英文詞源
- unkempt
- unkempt: [15] Unkempt means literally ‘uncombed’. It was coined from the prefix un- ‘not’ and the past participle of the now defunct verb kemb ‘comb’. This came from a prehistoric Germanic *kambjan, a derivative of *kambaz ‘comb’ (ancestor of the English noun comb). It began to be replaced by the new verb comb in the 14th century.
=> comb - unkempt (adj.)
- 1570s, from un- (1) "not" + kempt "well-combed, neat," from variant past participle of Middle English kemben "to comb," from Old English cemban "to comb," from Proto-Germanic *kambijan, from *kamb- "comb" (see comb (n.)). Form unkembed is recorded from late 14c. The verb kemb is rare after 1400s, but its negative past participle form endures.
雙語例句
- 1. He had long unkempt hair and a stubbly chin.
- 他的頭發又長又亂，臉上胡子拉碴。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The old beggar was dirty and unkempt.
- 那個老乞丐蓬頭垢面.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. The brick path to the door was hemmed in on either side by tall, unkempt boxwood hedges.
- 通往門口的磚路兩旁是高大、雜亂的黃楊樹籬。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. His hair was unkempt and filthy.
- 他的頭發蓬亂污穢。
來自辭典例句
- 5. She slopped about her room, unkempt and dishevelled, in her tawdry dressing - gown.
- 她不修邊幅,滿頭蓬發,穿著俗里俗氣的睡衣邋邋遢遢在屋里走來走去.
來自辭典例句