churlish

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈtʃɜːlɪʃ/    美 /ˈt͡ʃɝːlɪʃ/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Of or pertaining to a serf, peasant, or rustic.
    — […] the eloquence and truth of his tribute stands in marked contrast to Kramer's churlish caricature of Kael as a happy pig wallowing in the dirt.
  2. Rude, surly, ungracious.
    — [A]nd it is without all controuerſie, that learning doth make the minds of men gentle, generous, maniable, and pliant to gouernment; whereas Ignorance makes them churliſh, thwart, and mutinous; […]
  3. Stingy or grudging.
  4. Difficult to till, lacking pliancy; unmanageable.
    — 1730–1774, Oliver Goldsmith, Introductory to Switzerland Where the bleak Swiss their stormy mansion tread, And force a churlish soil for scanty bread.

词形变化

more churlish comparative most churlish superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
unchurlish
相关词
churl churldom churled churlhood churlishly churlishness

词源

From Middle English churlysshe, cherlissh, from late Old English ċeorlisċ, ċierlisċ (“of or pertaining to churls”), equivalent to churl + -ish.
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