| 词汇 | unkempt |
| 释义 | unkempt adjective disapprovinguk /ʌnˈkempt/ us /ʌnˈkempt/ untidy; not cared for: 不整洁的;凌乱的;没有打理的 an unkempt lawn一片无人打理的草坪 Dirty & untidy all over the placeidiom Augean besmeared bespattered bloodied look like something the cat brought/dragged inidiom look like/as if you've been dragged through a hedge backwardsidiom manky messily messy slovenly sluttish sluttishly soiled sordid unsterile unsterilized untidily untidy untrimmed You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Hair unkempt | American Dictionaryunkempt adjective us/ʌnˈkempt/ not neat or cared for; messy: He needed a shave and his hair was unkempt. Examples of unkemptunkempt Their longish unkempt hair signified both a lack of bodily control and disrespect for the social conventions of middle-class culture. They did not want their children to see them looking frail or unkempt. Most familiarly, of course, unkempt hair expressed ascetic withdrawal from the world. Hundreds of thousands of ill-fed, unkempt, miserable strays are, sadly, put down. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is an example of what will become graveyards in the future, "unkempt graveyards," and nothing is being done while this is happening. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The unkempt wastes of derelict land need to be used, and put away as an eyesore. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The time has come to protect those unkempt hedges. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The effect on the landscape is mainly confined to the increasingly unkempt woodlands and coppices. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 You cannot expect the birth of new industries in the rather unkempt graveyards of the old. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is very little sympathy for the sullen, rude, violent youth of the most appalling and unkempt appearance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Antisocial behaviour covers a multitude of sins, from unkempt gardens to systematic persecution. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The gardens have become unkempt and some of the houses have taken on an air of disreputability. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Its unkempt banks are festooned with all manner of discarded materials, from sanitary ware to leaflets promoting the virtues of the poll tax. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 On our round one day there came a seedy-looking medical man, dishevelled, untidy and unkempt, with a quaint far-away look in his eyes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Dogs have been found in generally filthy surroundings, starving, unkempt, uncared for, in various states of disease and injury, or even dead. 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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