kempt
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词源 编辑
原为kemb的过去分词,源自中古英语 kemben,源自古英语 cemban (“梳理”)。现代用法逆构自表否定的unkempt。详见kemb、comb。
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形容词 编辑
kempt
- (现幽默) 整洁的 (尤形容头发)
- 1907, Barbara Baynton, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 出版于 1980,页号 189:
- For a moment Boshy thought his senses were playing up with him, for there in the door entrance stood the identical girl - the same turkey-egg complexion, stubby nose, and her red hair only changed from unkempt to kempt.
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- 1982, Michael Blodgett, Captain Blood,页号 iii. 342:
- He could see her now: middle-aged, gray hair, well kempt, European-looking.
- (请为本引文添加中文翻译)
用法说明 编辑
比unkempt少用。常用于复合词well-kempt或短语“well kempt”,但可能会被认为繁冗。对比well-groomed、well-kept。