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

• Lacking the graces and refinement of civilized life; uncouth.
  粗暴的，粗野的：缺少文明生活的文雅和教养的；不雅的。
• It's dirty and has an uncouth culture.
  那里脏兮兮的，文化又粗俗。
• From a distance he looks uncouth.
  远看这人其貌不扬。
• The Chinese disciples of Pareto might have thought him uncouth.
  巴莱托的中国门徒们也许要嫌他粗鲁的吧。
• Others see us as overly materialistic, somewhat uncouth and lacking in social graces.
  也有一些人觉得我们太过注重物质生活，粗鲁和缺乏社交礼仪。
• We can no more tolerate her uncouth behaviour!
  我们不能再忍耐她粗俗的行为！
• Many Hong Kong residents view the crowds of shopping mainlanders as uncouth and resent their presence as a sign of Beijing's growing influence on the self-governing city's affairs.
  许多香港市民认为赴港购物的大陆游客素质低，而且认为他们的到来是北京对香港事务影响力越来越大的一种迹象，并因此而感到厌恶。
• 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。
• ( of behavior) rustic and uncouth. was boorish and insensitive; the loutish manners of a bully; her stupid oafish husband; aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude.
  （指举止）粗俗笨拙。是粗野愚钝的；欺凌弱小者的粗鄙的举止；她愚钝的丈夫。
• He behaves in a most uncouth way.
  他的举止真是笨拙。