kempt

英語

詞源

原為kemb的過去分詞，源自中古英語 kemben，源自古英語 cemban (「梳理」)。現代用法逆構自表否定的unkempt。詳見kemb、comb。

發音

• 國際音標^(幫助): /kɛm(p)t/

• （英國南部）音頻：

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  韻部：-ɛmpt

形容詞

kempt

1. (現幽默) 整潔的 （尤形容頭髮）
   • 1907, Barbara Baynton, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 出版於 1980，第 189 頁:

     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 頁:

     He could see her now: middle-aged, gray hair, well kempt, European-looking.

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

用法說明

比unkempt少用。常用於複合詞well-kempt或短語「well kempt」，但可能會被認為繁冗。對比well-groomed、well-kept。

近義詞

• well-groomed