| 单词 | ugly duckling |
| 释义 | ugly ducklingSEE SYNONYMS FOR ugly duckling ON THESAURUS.COM nounan unattractive or unpromising child who becomes a beautiful or much-admired adult. Origin of ugly ducklingFirst recorded in 1880–85; after the bird in the story of the same name by Hans Christian Andersen Words nearby ugly ducklinguglify, ugly, Ugly American, ugly as sin, ugly customer, ugly duckling, Ugrian, Ugric, ugsome, uh, Uhde Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for ugly ducklingugly duckling nouna person or thing, initially ugly or unpromising, that changes into something beautiful or admirable Word Origin for ugly ducklingan allusion to The Ugly Duckling, a story by Hans Christian Andersen Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with ugly ducklingugly duckling A homely or unpromising individual who grows into an attractive or talented person, as in She was the family ugly duckling but blossomed in her twenties. This term alludes to Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale about a cygnet hatched with ducklings that is despised for its clumsiness until it grows up into a beautiful swan. The tale was first translated into English in 1846, and the term was used figuratively by 1871. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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