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

• 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。
• To a Japanese, spilling anything is uncouth.
  对日本人来说，泼溅任何东西都是不文明的。
• Lacking the graces and refinement of civilized life; uncouth.
  粗暴的，粗野的：缺少文明生活的文雅和教养的；不雅的。
• His nephew is an uncouth young man.
  他的侄子是一个粗野的年轻人。
• 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。
• Many Hong Kong residents view the crowds of shopping mainlanders as uncouth and resent their presence as a sign of Beijing's growing influence on the self-governing city's affairs.
  许多香港市民认为赴港购物的大陆游客素质低，而且认为他们的到来是北京对香港事务影响力越来越大的一种迹象，并因此而感到厌恶。
• He behaves in a most uncouth way.
  他的举止真是笨拙。
• ( of behavior) rustic and uncouth.
  （指举止）粗俗笨拙。
• ( informal) rural and uncouth.
  （非正式用法）乡下的、笨拙的。
• The pathway among the woods seemed wilder, more uncouth with its rude natural obstacles and less trodden by the foot of man than he remembered it on his outward journey.
  那林间小路在他看来，比他记忆中来时的途径，似是更加蛮荒，由于天然的高低不平面更加坎坷，而且更少有人迹了。