au naturel
形容词 adj.
副词 adv.
英 /əʊ næt͡ʃʊˈɹɛl/|/-tjʊ-/
美 /ˌoʊ ˌnætəˈɹɛl/|[-ɾə-]|/-t͡ʃə-/
英文释义
形容词 adj.
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In a natural state; without any artificial change; natural; also, done in a way to appear natural.; Of a person: not wearing makeup and with one's natural hair colour.
— This is my au naturel look. How do you like it?
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In a natural state; without any artificial change; natural; also, done in a way to appear natural.; Of a person (especially a woman): having untrimmed pubic hair.
— She prefers to keep her private parts au naturel.
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Of food: prepared or served raw or very simply cooked.
— [F]ew of the French travellers who have lately visited our Isle appear to have been much gratified with their trip. They in general speak with great contempt of our national partiality for roast beef and potatoes "au naturel."
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Of a person: in a state of not wearing clothes; in the nude, naked.
— Bella was au naturel for that photo session.
副词 adv.
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In a natural state; without any artificial change; naturally; also, in a way to appear natural.; Of the action of a person: in a manner without makeup and with one's natural hair colour.
— Well, few of us are blessed with flawless complexions such as yours, so if you want to go au naturel, that's fine by me.
- In a natural state; without any artificial change; naturally; also, in a way to appear natural.; Of the action of a person (especially a woman): in a manner with untrimmed pubic hair.
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Of the preparation or serving of food: in a raw or very simply cooked manner.
— Our chef insists on preparing this cut au naturel.
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Of the action of a person: in a naked manner; without clothes; in the nude, nakedly.
— Bella loved posing au naturel for the artist.
词源
词源 1
Unadapted borrowing from French au naturel (“in the natural state; cooked plainly”), from au (“at the; in the; to the”) + naturel (“natural”) (ultimately borrowed from Latin nātūrālis (“of or relating to nature”), from nātūra (“natural world, nature”) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship)). Nātūra is derived from nāscor (“to be born; to grow, spring forth”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to beget; to give birth; to produce”)) + -tūra (suffix forming action nouns denoting activities or their results).
词源 2
Unadapted borrowing from French au naturel (“in the natural state; cooked plainly”), from au (“at the; in the; to the”) + naturel (“natural”) (ultimately borrowed from Latin nātūrālis (“of or relating to nature”), from nātūra (“natural world, nature”) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship)). Nātūra is derived from nāscor (“to be born; to grow, spring forth”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to beget; to give birth; to produce”)) + -tūra (suffix forming action nouns denoting activities or their results).
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