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

adj

When you're at a fancy dinner party, if you burp after you eat, use your fingers to spread butter on your bread, and hang spoons from your nose, people will probably say you are uncouth, meaning vulgar and ill-mannered.

The adjective uncouth comes from Old English and it meant "unfamiliar or not well known." As the meaning developed, the word came to mean "rude, vulgar, or lacking refinement." Interestingly, the word uncouth came first and its antonym, couth, was developed to describe someone who is cultured, polished, and sophisticated. Although couth gets an entry in the dictionary, you will still hear the word uncouth used far more often.

WORD FAMILY

uncouth: uncouther, uncouthest, uncouthly, uncouthness+/couth: couthly, uncouth/uncouthness: uncouthnesses

USAGE EXAMPLES

Tabloid newspapers fumed that Castro’s “uncouth primitives” had “killed, plucked, and cooked chickens in their rooms at the Shelburne and extinguished cigars on expensive carpets”.

The Guardian(Nov 27, 2016)

Although despised in Japan for his perceived cockiness and uncouth behavior, he was given a hero’s welcome when he returned to Mongolia in 2010.

Wall Street Journal(Nov 25, 2016)

That night some 3,000 teenagers showed up carrying signs with slogans like “Cops Uncouth to Youth” and “Give Back Our Streets”.

The Guardian(Nov 11, 2016)

adj lacking refinement or cultivation or taste

an untutored and uncouth human being
an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy

Syn

coarse, common, rough-cut, vulgar
unrefined

(used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth

单词	uncouth
释义	uncouth (once / 1612 pages) adj When you're at a fancy dinner party, if you burp after you eat, use your fingers to spread butter on your bread, and hang spoons from your nose, people will probably say you are uncouth, meaning vulgar and ill-mannered. The adjective uncouth comes from Old English and it meant "unfamiliar or not well known." As the meaning developed, the word came to mean "rude, vulgar, or lacking refinement." Interestingly, the word uncouth came first and its antonym, couth, was developed to describe someone who is cultured, polished, and sophisticated. Although couth gets an entry in the dictionary, you will still hear the word uncouth used far more often. WORD FAMILY uncouth: uncouther, uncouthest, uncouthly, uncouthness+/couth: couthly, uncouth/uncouthness: uncouthnesses USAGE EXAMPLES Tabloid newspapers fumed that Castro’s “uncouth primitives” had “killed, plucked, and cooked chickens in their rooms at the Shelburne and extinguished cigars on expensive carpets”. The Guardian(Nov 27, 2016) Although despised in Japan for his perceived cockiness and uncouth behavior, he was given a hero’s welcome when he returned to Mongolia in 2010. Wall Street Journal(Nov 25, 2016) That night some 3,000 teenagers showed up carrying signs with slogans like “Cops Uncouth to Youth” and “Give Back Our Streets”. The Guardian(Nov 11, 2016) adj lacking refinement or cultivation or taste an untutored and uncouth human being an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy Syn coarse, common, rough-cut, vulgar unrefined (used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth
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