unkempt

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˌʌnˈkɛmpt/    美 /ˌʌnˈkɛmpt/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. uncombed, dishevelled.
    — He was a queer shoot, again, in his unkempt longish hair and slovenly clothes, a sort of very vulgar down-at-heel American in appearance.
  2. Disorderly; untidy; messy; not kept up. broadly,figuratively
    — unkempt bedroom
  3. Rough; unpolished. figuratively

词形变化

more unkempt comparative most unkempt superlative uncompt alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

近义词
bedraggled blowsy dishevelled dowdy dowdyish down at heel downgone qualifier draggle-tailed draggled frowsy frumpy grotty grufty grungy hashy mangy mean out at the heels piggy ragtag ribby schleppy schlumpy scratty scrofulous scroungy scruffy scrungy seedy shabby slammocky slatternly slobbish slobby sloppy slovenlike slovenly slummocky sluttish tacky tore up trampish unfine unkemmed unkempt unshaven
反义词
clean foppish neat orderly stylish tidy
上位词
disorderly unclean schlubby
下位词
Clothing distressed faded motheaten ragged raggy tattered tatty threadbare Hair frizzy frowzled knotted matted scraggly shagged shaggy tousled tousle-haired tousle-headed unbrushed uncombed untrimmed Other personal grooming ungroomed unwashed
衍生词
unkemptitude unkemptness
相关词
nitty untidy person ramshackle unfashionable

词源

From earlier unkembed, unkemmed, from Middle English unkempt (“uncombed”), equivalent to un- + kempt. Compare Old Norse úkembdr (uncombed; unkempt"; whence Icelandic ókembdur), German ungekämmt (“unkempt”), Dutch ongekamd. More at kemb.
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