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单词 unclean
释义 un·clean
\|ən|klēn\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English unclene, from Old English unclǣne, from un- (I) + clǣne clean
1.
 a. : morally impure
  < something sneaking and unclean about secret code messages — Fletcher Pratt >
  < feels unclean when he discovers he has been used for an experiment — A.P.Davis >
 b. : wicked
  < commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him — Mk 1:27 (Revised Standard Version) >
2.
 a. : ritually prohibited as food
  < an unclean animal >
  < unclean meat >
 b. : ceremonially unfit or defiled
  < people who were unclean in the eyes of the law — C.T.Craig >
3.
 a. : dirty, filthy
  < an unclean shirt >
  < an unclean glass >
 b. : not desirable or wholesome as food — used of fish that have just spawned
4. : lacking in clarity and precision of conception or execution : impure, muddled
 < a compromised and unclean design — N.W.Sharpe >
 < had some trouble with her intonation, and much of her double-stopping was uncleanMusical Digest >
un·clean·ness \-ēnnə̇s\ noun
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