homely
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编辑源自中古英語 homly、hoomly、hamely (“家庭的,熟悉的,平常的”),源自古英語 *hāmlīc (“家的”),源自原始西日耳曼語 *haimalīk (“家的”),等价于home + -ly。同源词包括低地蘇格蘭語 hamely (“个人的,私人的”)、西弗里斯蘭語 heimelik、荷蘭語 heimelijk (“秘密的,暗中的”)、德語 heimlich (“秘密的,暗中的”)、丹麥語 hemmelig (“秘密的”)、瑞典語 hemlig (“秘密的,掩盖的”)、法羅語 heimligur (“像家的”)、冰島語 heimlegur (“家里的;平常的”)。
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编辑homely (比較級 homelier 或 more homely,最高級 homeliest 或 most homely)
- 家的,像家的,合适家的,像家一样舒服的 (自14世纪初叶)
- 1946, George Orwell, Politics and the English Language:
- An interesting illustration of this is the way in which the English flower names which were in use till very recently are being ousted by Greek ones, snapdragon becoming antirrhinum, forget-me-not becoming myosotis, etc. It is hard to see any practical reason for this change of fashion: it is probably due to an instinctive turning-away from the more homely word and a vague feeling that the Greek word is scientific.
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- 2014年1月5日, “Mowgli's Cub”, 出自 The Jungle Book:
- Mowgli: "Oh, don't worry Chota, it may not be homely, but I can warm it up."
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- (加拿大、美國) 长得丑的,相貌平庸的
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- 1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, 出版於 1965,第 6 頁:
- "I can't send a young, pretty girl, or for that matter even a homely one if you'd have her, on a job like this without telling her what to expect."
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- 1958, Vladimir Nabokov, 章號 15, 出自 Lolita:
- You see, she sees herself as a starlet; I see her as a sturdy, healthy but decidedly homely kid.
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- 反義詞:comely
- (英國方言) 亲昵的,亲近的关系好的
- 1563, John Foxe, Foxe's Book of Martyrs, Chapter on William Thorpe:
- With all these men I was right homely, and communed with them long and oft.
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- (英國方言,指动物) 家养的,驯服的
- (英國方言) 个人的,私人的
- (英國方言) 友好的,友善的,平易近人的
- (印度) 保守而注重家庭的
- I am seeking a beautiful homely girl for marriage.
- 我想找一个注重家庭的女子结婚。
- (古舊) 简易的,平常的,朴实无华的 (自14世纪末叶)
- a homely garment ― 朴实无华的衣服
- homely fare ― 平平无奇的饭菜
- homely manners ― 简单的礼仪
- 1731, Alexander Pope, Strephon and Chloe, Lines 211-212:
- Now Strephon daily entertains
His Chloe in the homeliest strains.- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
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