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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kembcomb

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kempt

  1. (幽默) 整洁尤形容头发
    • 1907, Barbara Baynton, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 出版于 1980,第 189 页:
      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,第 iii. 342 页:
      He could see her now: middle-aged, gray hair, well kempt, European-looking.
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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-groomedwell-kept

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