单词 | ugly duckling |
释义 | ugly duckling From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishugly ducklingugly ducklingUGLYSUCCESSFULsomeone who is less attractive, successful etc than other people, but who becomes beautiful and successful later → uglyExamples from the Corpusugly duckling• The loco is a bit of an ugly duckling.• An ugly duckling, like a printing press, was transformed into a well-behaved goose laying golden eggs.• It's certainly the ugly duckling of the era-until you get to drive one.• But Beryl is an ugly duckling rapidly turning into a beautiful swan ... all through the hard work of recovering mental patients.• However, roses are not swans, and all too often ugly ducklings remain ugly ducklings. |
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