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

• Well, until the recent market tumult seemed to render such concerns uncouth at best and asinine at worst.
  但直到最近市场出现动荡之前，此类担忧被认为是不明智的，往坏里说就是愚蠢的。
• It's dirty and has an uncouth culture.
  那里脏兮兮的，文化又粗俗。
• He is a selfish, uncouth fellow, who has no respect for anyone.
  他是个自私、没教养的家伙，对人一点也不尊重。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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！
• An uncouth soldier, a real tough guy.
  一个粗鲁的士兵，一个真正的硬汉。
• 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。
• ( 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。