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。
• Used of persons and their behavior; not refined; uncouth. Although it is often vulgar and unrefined, its implied meaning can be both deep and eloquent.
  用来指人和他们的行为；不文雅的；粗俗的；。它虽然不雅，甚至粗俗，但却具有极强的表意功能。
• ( of behavior) rustic and uncouth.
  （指举止）粗俗笨拙。
• We found your Cotter Pyke to be an uncouth and unpleasant man, quarrelsome and niggardly.
  我们发现你的部下卡特·派克不仅粗鲁讨厌，动不动就吵架，而且还是个吝啬鬼。
• He behaves in a most uncouth way.
  他的举止真是笨拙。
• ( 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。
• The sibyl(" witch "is such an uncouth label) responded with a supply constriction designed to drive up the price.
  女预言家（女巫听上去让人不太舒服）用限制供应的方法来应对，意在推升价格。
• 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 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。
• 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。