| 单词 | ugly duckling |
| 释义 | > as lemmasugly duckling ugly duckling, the cygnet, in one of Hans Andersen's tales, hatched with a brood of ducklings, and despised for its clumsiness until it grew into a swan. Hence the unpromising child in a family who turns out the most brilliant of all.extracted from ducklingn.ugly duckling ugly duckling n. a young person who shows no promise of the beauty, success, etc., that will come with maturity (in allusion to the story by Hans Andersen first translated into English in 1846). Also transferred.extracted from uglyadj.adv.n.< as lemmas |
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