释义 |
disheveled adjective or dishevelled Etymology: Middle English discheveled, part translation of Middle French deschevelé, from Old French, past participle of descheveler to disarrange the hair, from des- dis- (I) + -cheveler (from chevel hair of the head, from Latin capillus) : being in loose disorder or disarray : disarranged, ruffled < disheveled hair > also : marked by disarray or disorder : untidy < a disheveled movie that charges futilely about — John McCarten > Synonyms: see slipshod |