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单词 unruly
释义
unrulyun‧ru‧ly /ʌnˈruːli/ adjective Word Origin
WORD ORIGINunruly
Origin:
1400-1500 ruly ‘behaving well’ (15-21 centuries), from rule
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • A family attempts to cope with the eruption into their lives of an unruly aunt.
  • Gardeners regularly stroll the grounds, picking up stray pieces of trash and trimming unruly bushes.
  • In recent years, however, the fundamentalist camp has grown unruly.
  • She cried her heart out, all because of an unruly trouble-making, black-hearted child who was ripping her apart.
  • So in May Disney obtained permission to move 100 of the bald, hunch-backed and unruly birds 60 miles away.
  • They recruited their soldiers from the more adventurous or the more unruly on their route.
  • You can spot her by her unruly hair and her shocking-pink work suit.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
· You can spot her by her unruly hair and her shocking-pink work suit.· Hoppy ran his fingers through his unruly hair.
Word family
WORD FAMILYnounrulerulerrulingunrulinessadjectiverulingunrulyruledverbruleoverrule
1violent or difficult to control SYN  wild:  unruly children unruly behaviour2unruly hair is difficult to keep tidyunruliness noun [uncountable]
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