uncool

英 [ʌn'kuːl] 美[,ʌn'kul]
  • adj. 粗野的;没把握的;不冷静沉着的;土里土气的

英英释义


1. (spoken slang) unfashionable and boring

考试真题


Rosenberg, the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize, offers a host of example of the social cure in action: In South Carolina, a state-sponsored antismoking program called Rage Against the Haze sets out to make cigarettes uncool.

出自-2012年考研阅读原文

Rosenberg, the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize, offers a host of examples of the social cure in action: In South Carolina, a state-sponsored anti-smoking program called Rage Against the Haze sets out to make cigarettes uncool.

2012年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

英文词源


uncool (adj.)
1953, in hipster slang, from un- (1) "not" + slang sense of cool (adj.).