uncouth

英 [ʌnˈkuːθ]

美 [ʌnˈkuːθ]

adj.  粗鲁的; 无礼的; 无教养的

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BNC.20264 / COCA.27951

牛津词典

adj.

• 粗鲁的；无礼的；无教养的
  rude or socially unacceptable
  1. uncouth laughter
     粗野的笑声
  2. an uncouth young man
     一个无教养的年轻人

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED （人）粗野的，粗鄙的，粗鲁的
  If you describe a person asuncouth, you mean that their behaviour is rude, noisy, and unpleasant.
  1. ...that oafish, uncouth person.
     那个蠢笨粗野的家伙

英英释义

adj

• lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
  1. he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind
  2. behavior that branded him as common
  3. an untutored and uncouth human being
  4. an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy
  5. appealing to the vulgar taste for violence
  6. the vulgar display of the newly rich
  Synonym:coarsecommonrough-cutvulgar

双语例句

• He behaves in a most uncouth way.
  他的举止真是笨拙。
• His gait, his attitudes his gestures, his bearing, his laugh-all were vulgar and uncouth; his manners were the manners of a slave.
  他的步法，他的态度，他的姿势，他的举止，他的笑声一切都是鄙俗而粗野的；他的习气是种奴隶的习气。
• We can no more tolerate her uncouth behaviour!
  我们不能再忍耐她粗俗的行为！
• It's dirty and has an uncouth culture.
  那里脏兮兮的，文化又粗俗。
• His nephew is an uncouth young man.
  他的侄子是一个粗野的年轻人。
• The curiosity-dealer, who plainly had not expected his uncouth visitor, seemed disconcerted and embarrassed.
  古玩商人没有料到这位丑陋客人的来访，因此他显得很慌张很不自然。
• The durable denim pants were brought to market by Levi Strauss, a Jewish merchant living in San Francisco, to meet the needs of uncouth miners in California's gold fields.
  为了满足加利福尼亚的那些大老粗金矿工人的需要，住在旧金山的犹太商人李维•施特劳斯将这种结实耐磨的牛仔裤引进了市场。
• He made the most uncouth and clumsy gestures of delight.
  他做出的表示快乐的动作也是极笨拙、极难看的。
• To a Japanese, spilling anything is uncouth.
  对日本人来说，泼溅任何东西都是不文明的。
• ( of behavior) rustic and uncouth.
  （指举止）粗俗笨拙。