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单词 ugly duckling
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
ug′ly duck′ling, 
  1. an unattractive or unpromising child who becomes a beautiful or much-admired adult.
  • after the bird in the story of the same name by Hans Christian Andersen 1880–85

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
ugly duckling n
  1. a person or thing, initially ugly or unpromising, that changes into something beautiful or admirable
Etymology: an allusion to The Ugly Duckling, a story by Hans Christian Andersen
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