homeliness
['həumlinis]
- n. 朴素；寻常；粗野
英英释义
- 1. lacking stylishness or neatness
- 2. an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful;
- "fine clothes could not conceal the girl's homeliness"
实用场景例句
- Fine clothes could not conceal the girl's homeliness.
- 华丽的衣服并不能掩盖这个女孩的寻常容貌.
《简明英汉词典》
双语例句
- 1. Fine clothes could not conceal the girl's homeliness.
- 华丽的衣服并不能掩盖这个女孩的寻常容貌.
来自《简明英汉词典》
英文词源
- homeliness (n.)
- mid-14c., from homely + -ness. Originally "meekness, gentleness," also "familiarity, intimacy; friendliness;" sense degenerated by c. 1400 to "want of refinement in manners, coarseness; presumptuousness."