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unkempt adj.
⇨ scruffy scruffy adjective scruffy ♦︎ messy ♦︎ dishevelled ♦︎ unkempt ♦︎ tangled ♦︎ tousled ♦︎ matted ♦︎ stragglyThese words all describe sb/sth's appearance when it is untidy. 这些词均表示不整洁的、肮脏的、凌乱的。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a scruffy / a messy / a dishevelled / an unkempt appearance◆a scruffy / a dishevelled / an unkempt man / woman / child◆messy / dishevelled / unkempt / tangled / tousled / matted / straggly hair◆unkempt / tangled / straggly trees / bushes / hedges, etc.◆slightly scruffy / messy / unkempt■ scruffy (especially BrE, rather informal, disapproving) (of a person, their clothes or general appearance) untidy （人、衣着或外表）不整洁的，邋遢的◆He looked a bit scruffy.他看上去有点邋遢。◆She was wearing her scruffy old jeans.她穿着脏兮兮的旧牛仔裤。OPP smart ⇨ elegant ■ messy (NAmE, disapproving) (of sb's hair, clothes or general appearance) untidy （头发、衣着或外表）肮脏的，凌乱的，不整洁的◆Her long black hair was messy and dirty.她的黑色长发又脏又乱。■ dishevelled (BrE) (NAmE usually disheveled) (literary, disapproving) (of a person, their hair or general appearance) untidy （人、头发或外表）肮脏的，凌乱的，不整洁的◆She returned at 1 a.m. in a dishevelled state.凌晨1点，她衣衫不整地回来了。NOTE 辨析 Scruffy, messy or dishevelled? Scruffy is much more frequent in British English than American English. Messy, meaning 'untidy', is only used to describe sb's appearance in American English; in British English it can only describe a place. You can talk about a scruffy/dishevelled man/woman/child, but a messy man/woman/child is sb who makes a mess, not sb who looks untidy. A scruffy person, or sb with a messy appearance, is untidy because they have not taken care of their appearance. A dishevelled person has become untidy as a result of sth, for example being out in wind and rain. Scruffy clothes are old and often dirty or with holes, etc.; messy clothes are untidy (in American English) or dirty (in British English). * scruffy在英式英语中比在美式英语中要常用得多。messy意为“不整洁的”，在美式英语中仅用于形容人的外表，在英式英语中仅用于形容场所。可以说a scruffy/dishevelled man/woman/child（邋遢／衣冠不整的男人／女人／孩子），但a messy man/woman/child指缺少条理、乱放东西的人而非外表不整洁的人。用scruffy形容人或用messy形容外表时，指因不修边幅而显得邋遢；dishevelled则表示外表邋遢事出有因，如遭遇了风雨等。scruffy形容服装时指衣服又旧又脏，或者有破洞等；messy形容服装时在美式英语中指不整洁，在英式英语中则指不干净。 see also messy ⇨ dirty , messy ⇨ untidy ■ unkempt (formal, disapproving) (especially of sb's hair or general appearance) untidy because it is not well cared for （尤指头发或外表）不整洁的，凌乱的，不修边幅的◆He had greasy, unkempt hair.他的头发油乎乎乱蓬蓬的。◆Behind the house was a wild and unkempt garden.房子后面有个荒芜凌乱的花园。■ tangled twisted together in an untidy way or with knots in 缠结的；混乱的；紊乱的◆They had to fight their way through the tangled undergrowth.他们只能奋力穿过盘根错节的灌木丛。◆Her hair was a tangled mass of damp curls.她的鬈发湿漉漉的乱作一团。◆Three people were cut from the tangled wreckage of the train.有三人是把火车扭结在一起的残骸切开后才给解救出来的。ⓘ Tangled can describe quite a lot of different things. Typical collocates include hair, curls, mass, mess and words for plants such as trees, creepers and undergrowth. * tangled可描述许多不同种类的事物，常见搭配词有hair、curl、mass、mess和一些植物名词，如tree、creeper和undergrowth。■ tousled / /ˈtaʊzld/ / (written, often approving) (of sb's hair) untidy, especially in an attractive way （头发）蓬乱的（尤指好看的发型）◆She was an adorable child, with a tousled mass of dark curls.她是个惹人喜爱的孩子，一头黑色鬈发乱蓬蓬的。■ matted (of hair or fur) stuck together in a thick mass, especially after getting wet or dirty （尤指头发或毛皮变湿或变脏后）缠结的，蓬乱的◆The dog's coat easily becomes matted.狗的皮毛很容易变得脏湿蓬乱。◆The back of her head was matted with blood.她后脑勺上的头发因染血而缠结成一团。■ straggly (disapproving) (of hair or plants) growing or hanging in separate long thin bits that need cutting, in a way that is not tidy or attractive （头发）蓬乱不堪的；（植物）杂乱蔓生的◆She was a thin woman with straggly grey hair.她身体瘦削，灰发蓬乱。◆Cut the hedge regularly to prevent it becoming straggly.树篱要定期修剪，以免杂乱蔓生。 |