kempt
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词源 编辑
原为kemb的过去分词,源自中古英語 kemben,源自古英語 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
- (現幽默) 整洁的 (尤形容头发)
- 1907, Barbara Baynton, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 出版於 1980,頁號 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.
- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
- 1982, Michael Blodgett, Captain Blood,頁號 iii. 342:
- He could see her now: middle-aged, gray hair, well kempt, European-looking.
- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
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。