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单词 ugly duckling
释义 ugly duckling
noun
Etymology: from The Ugly Duckling (1835?), story by Hans Christian Andersen died 1875 Dan. author
: an immature or dependent person or thing that is despised or neglected because of unprepossessing appearance or unpromising qualities but that develops or is capable of developing into a person or thing worthy of attention or respect
 < from the beginning Alaska was treated pretty much as our ugly duckling — W.O.Douglas >
 < bacteriology is still too often taught as the ugly duckling of botany — Justina Hill >
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