uncouth

英语

词源

源自中古英语 uncouth，源自古英语 uncūþ (“不明的；不熟悉的；奇怪的”)，源自原始西日耳曼语 *unkunþ，源自原始日耳曼语 *unkunþaz (“未知的”)，等价于un- +‎ couth。

发音

• 国际音标^(帮助): /ʌnˈkuːθ/

• 音频：

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  韵部：-uːθ

形容词

uncouth (比较级 uncouther 或 more uncouth，最高级 uncouthest 或 most uncouth)

1. (古旧) 奇怪的，奇特的，不寻常的

   反义词：(弃用) couth

   • Template:RQ:Shakespeare As You Like It
   • 1667, John Milton, “Book V”, 出自 Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; 再版为 Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

     The trouble of thy thoughts this night in sleep
     Affects me equally; nor can I like
     This uncouth' dream, of evil sprung I fear […]

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   • Template:RQ:Irving Sketch Book
2. 蹩脚的

   近义词：fremd

3. 粗鲁的，没教养的

   近义词：impolite；亦参见Thesaurus:impolite

   反义词：couth

   • 1699, Samuel Garth, The Dispensary, Canto IV, line 204:

     Harsh words, though pertinent, uncouth appear: / None please the fancy, who offend the ear.

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   • 2014, James Lambert, “A Much Tortured Expression: A New Look At `Hobson-Jobson'”, 出自 International Journal of Lexicography, 第 27 卷, 第 1 期，第 58 页:

     If Yule found it delightful, why did Kipling find it uncouth?

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   • 2021年5月10日, Ian Prasad Philbrick, 引 Brian Fallon, “‘We May Not Have a Full Two Years’: Democrats’ Plans Hinge on Good Health”, 出自 The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     “I don’t think it’s uncouth to talk about it. I think it’s a reality that has to inform the urgency with which we approach those issues.”

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衍生词汇

• uncouthness

相关词汇

找不到分类“派生自原始印欧语词根*ǵneh₃-的英语词”

异序词

• untouch

约拉语

词源

源自中古英语 uncouth，源自古英语 uncūþ (“不明的；不熟悉的；奇怪的”)，源自原始西日耳曼语 *unkunþ。

形容词

uncouth

1. 奇怪的
   • WEXFORD THREE HUNDRED YEARS AGO., line 9.

     estraunge, uncouth;

参考资料

• Jacob Poole (1867年)，William Barnes, 编， A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland，J. Russell Smith，ISBN 978-1436729291，第 120 页