| 释义 |
unˈcourtlike, a.
(un-1 7 c.)
1659Fuller App. Inj. Innoc. iii. 21 The roughnesse of his uncourt-like nature, sweetned many men when they least looked for it. 1733Ld. Chesterfield in Lett. C'tess Suffolk (1824) II. 63 Your letter..I must look upon as a most uncommon and uncourtlike piece of friendship. 1865S. A. Brooke in Life & Lett. (1917) I. x. 179 He is—they say on account of this uncourtlike manner—a great favourite with the Queen. |