uncouth

英 [ʌnˈkuːθ]

美 [ʌnˈkuːθ]

adj.  粗鲁的; 无礼的; 无教养的

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BNC.20264 / COCA.27951

牛津词典

adj.

• 粗鲁的；无礼的；无教养的
  rude or socially unacceptable
  1. uncouth laughter
     粗野的笑声
  2. an uncouth young man
     一个无教养的年轻人

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED （人）粗野的，粗鄙的，粗鲁的
  If you describe a person asuncouth, you mean that their behaviour is rude, noisy, and unpleasant.
  1. ...that oafish, uncouth person.
     那个蠢笨粗野的家伙

英英释义

adj

• lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
  1. he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind
  2. behavior that branded him as common
  3. an untutored and uncouth human being
  4. an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy
  5. appealing to the vulgar taste for violence
  6. the vulgar display of the newly rich
  Synonym:coarsecommonrough-cutvulgar

双语例句

• From a distance he looks uncouth.
  远看这人其貌不扬。
• An uncouth soldier, a real tough guy.
  一个粗鲁的士兵，一个真正的硬汉。
• His gait, his attitudes his gestures, his bearing, his laugh-all were vulgar and uncouth; his manners were the manners of a slave.
  他的步法，他的态度，他的姿势，他的举止，他的笑声一切都是鄙俗而粗野的；他的习气是种奴隶的习气。
• The sibyl(" witch "is such an uncouth label) responded with a supply constriction designed to drive up the price.
  女预言家（女巫听上去让人不太舒服）用限制供应的方法来应对，意在推升价格。
• Well, until the recent market tumult seemed to render such concerns uncouth at best and asinine at worst.
  但直到最近市场出现动荡之前，此类担忧被认为是不明智的，往坏里说就是愚蠢的。
• Others see us as overly materialistic, somewhat uncouth and lacking in social graces.
  也有一些人觉得我们太过注重物质生活，粗鲁和缺乏社交礼仪。
• ( of behavior) rustic and uncouth.
  （指举止）粗俗笨拙。
• The curiosity-dealer, who plainly had not expected his uncouth visitor, seemed disconcerted and embarrassed.
  古玩商人没有料到这位丑陋客人的来访，因此他显得很慌张很不自然。
• ( informal) rural and uncouth.
  （非正式用法）乡下的、笨拙的。
• He made the most uncouth and clumsy gestures of delight.
  他做出的表示快乐的动作也是极笨拙、极难看的。