unsightly
英 [?n'sa?tl?]
美[?n'sa?tli]
- adj. 難看的；不雅觀的
TEM8低頻詞
詞態(tài)變化
比較級:?unsightlier;最高級:?unsightliest;
英文詞源
- unsightly (adj.)
- 1540s, "displeasing to the eye," from un- (1) "not" + sight (n.) + -ly (1). Similar formation in Middle Dutch onsichtlijc "invisible; ugly," Middle High German unsihtlih "invisible." Related: Unsightliness.
Middle English sightlie is attested from mid-15c. but only in the sense "visible;" unsightly is attested in Middle English only as an adverb meaning "invisibly" (late 15c.). Sightly as "pleasing to the eye" is from 1560s. Middle English also had unsighty "difficult or displeasing to look at" (early 15c., from sighty "attractive," late 14c.), also unsightily in the same sense (c. 1400).
雙語例句
- 1. My mother has had unsightly varicose veins for years.
- 我母親多年來一直患有難看的靜脈曲張。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The Polish market in Berlin was considered unsightly and shut down.
- 柏林市內(nèi)的波蘭市場因為被認為有礙觀瞻而關(guān)閉了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The marking on the wall was childish and unsightly.
- 墻上的記號幼稚而難看.
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 4. Unsightly moles can be removed surgically.
- 不雅觀的痣可以手術(shù)去除.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. His skin was covered with unsightly blotches.
- 他的皮膚上長滿了難看的疹塊.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》