释义 |
uncouthun‧couth /ʌnˈkuːθ/ adjective uncouthOrigin: Old English uncuth, from un- + cuth ‘known, familiar’ - The city's elite viewed her as an uncouth farm girl.
- Before visiting the remote north, I had rather expected the folk there to be rough, uncouth, possibly even hostile.
- Despite his uncouth manner and four-letter language, no editor is more courted by senior Conservative politicians.
- Even as she sank, she would know the woman was still leaning forward, great uncouth lump, writing.
- He had seemed puzzled but intrigued by the clogged, uncouth sketches of peasants.
- If she knew it, green and uncouth as she was, Pertwee would know it also.
- The stamp of the uncouth barbarian was on me.
- This led them to conclude that they were uncouth, filthy creatures who barely knew how to look after themselves.
behaving and speaking in a way that is rude or socially unacceptable—uncouthly adverb—uncouthness noun [uncountable] |