英语词汇“ugly sister”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

ugly sister n. [with allusion to Cinderella's ugly and unpleasant stepsisters in the fairy tale Cinderella] allusive (also with capital initials) a person or thing considered unattractive, inferior, or unpleasant compared to others of the same type or group; an unpleasant or undesirable counterpart.

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1874 F. Boyle Camp Notes 84 Only the extreme tips of the ‘nipas’,—that ugly sister in the graceful family of palms,—rose above the flood.

1906 Econ. Jrnl. 16 355 A monthly Parliamentary return..together with its ugly sisters, the immigration figures.

1909 Times 3 Apr. 20/3 A hydroplane shoves her nose in and, with a sea like a millpond such as the Bay presents this afternoon, the ugly sister may give her competitors a good race.

1969 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 3 Dec. 8/7 They are the Ugly Sisters of politics who are determined to pare down the size of people in order that they may be made to fit into some System.

1997 Cosmopolitan (U.K. ed.) May 218/1 It's oestrogen's ugly sister, progesterone, that accounts for PMS prickliness.

单词	ugly sister
释义	> as lemmas ugly sister ugly sister n. [with allusion to Cinderella's ugly and unpleasant stepsisters in the fairy tale Cinderella] allusive (also with capital initials) a person or thing considered unattractive, inferior, or unpleasant compared to others of the same type or group; an unpleasant or undesirable counterpart. ΚΠ 1874 F. Boyle Camp Notes 84 Only the extreme tips of the ‘nipas’,—that ugly sister in the graceful family of palms,—rose above the flood. 1906 Econ. Jrnl. 16 355 A monthly Parliamentary return..together with its ugly sisters, the immigration figures. 1909 Times 3 Apr. 20/3 A hydroplane shoves her nose in and, with a sea like a millpond such as the Bay presents this afternoon, the ugly sister may give her competitors a good race. 1969 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 3 Dec. 8/7 They are the Ugly Sisters of politics who are determined to pare down the size of people in order that they may be made to fit into some System. 1997 Cosmopolitan (U.K. ed.) May 218/1 It's oestrogen's ugly sister, progesterone, that accounts for PMS prickliness. extracted from uglyadj.adv.n. < as lemmas
随便看	intaglioes intaglioing intagliorilevato intaglios intailed intake intake crib intake tunnel intake well intaker intakes intaking intaminate intaminated intamination intangibilities intangibility intangible intangible property intangibleness intangiblenesses intangibles intangibly intangle intarissable

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