| 词汇 | uncouth |
| 释义 | uncouth adjective disapprovinguk /ʌnˈkuːθ/ us /ʌnˈkuːθ/ behaving in a rude, unpleasant way: 粗鲁的，不雅的，没教养的 She thought he was loud-mouthed and uncouth.她觉得他说话粗声大气，没有教养。 Synonyms coarse(RUDE) common vulgar(RUDE)disapproving not polite rudeHe made a rude remark about the staff. impoliteShe asks direct questions without being in any way impolite. cheekyUKYou asked your teacher how old she was? That was a bit cheeky! disrespectfulThe class was very disrespectful towards the new teacher. impertinentIt was clear that they found his questions impertinent. insolentWhat an ungrateful, insolent child! Rude and cheeky backchat cheekily cheekiness cheeky churlishly churlishness coarse-grained fruity gall indelicate neanderthal obnoxiously obnoxiousness offensively offensiveness pertly sass unceremonious unpleasant unprintable uncouth | American Dictionaryuncouth adjective us/ʌnˈkuθ/ (of a person or a person's behavior) rude and unpleasant Examples of uncouthuncouth Another decried the protesters' ' uncouth behaviour ' and their ' spitting and cursing ' (p. 144). The uncouth and unsanitary sparrow lived in any available cavity, furnishing its filthy and unsightly ' ' lodgings ' ' and ' 'tenements ' ' with ' ' any rubbish. These rebels - uncouth, brutal, difficult to grasp and hard to sympathise with - are unlikely to attract analyses that seek to understand the sources of their grievances. But in recent centuries prestige turned into ignominy as early inhabitants were now perceived by villagers as uncouth savages from an age before proper humans appeared on the scene. A challenge was a polite response to an uncouth word or act, which had degraded gentlemanly courtesy, and offered the only means to restore this courtesy. Lack of compassion is at the base of many journalistic problems with privacy, uncouth methods and similar complaints. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If they were uncouth, the savagery of their surroundings ought to have part of the blame. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We should be absolutely uncouth if we ignored it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was described in 1625 as being an uncouth word. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But it opened up for me, an uncouth 11-year-old, a totally unexplored, unknown world. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Miners have often been blamed for being uncouth. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I know how rough and uncouth seamen can be, but they are generous to a fault and delightful people with whom to work. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The mere fact that its supporters greet each other with uncouth gesture of holding the right fist in the air of course has nothing to do with the matter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If such behaviour goes unchecked, it encourages people to think of more uncouth and wicked ways of behaving to get more thrills next time than they did last time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 During the early evening children are subjected to bad language and uncouth behaviour by their heroes, while the really nasty programmes are kept for later at night. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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