英汉词典

ugly 基本解释

• adj. 丑陋的；邪恶的；令人厌恶的

ugly 词态变化

ugly 中文词源

来自PIE*egh, 恐惧，害怕，引申词义丑陋，-ly, 形容词后缀。比较其同源词awe, 敬畏。

ugly 英文词源

ugly

ugly: [13] Ugly originally meant ‘horrible, frightening’; ‘offensive to the sight’ is a secondary development, first recorded in the 14th century. The word was borrowed from Old Norse uggligr, a derivative of the verb ugga ‘fear’. In the early 1930s it was applied, in the altered spelling ugli, to a new sort of citrus fruit, a hybrid of the grapefruit and the tangerine; the reference is to the fruit’s unprepossessing knobbly skin.

ugly (adj.)

mid-13c., uglike "frightful or horrible in appearance," from a Scandinavian source, such as Old Norse uggligr "dreadful, fearful," from uggr "fear, apprehension, dread" (perhaps related to agg "strife, hate") + -ligr "-like" (see -ly (1)). Meaning softened to "very unpleasant to look at" late 14c. Extended sense of "morally offensive" is attested from c. 1300; that of "ill-tempered" is from 1680s.

Among words for this concept, ugly is unusual in being formed from a root for "fear, dread." More common is a compound meaning "ill-shaped" (such as Greek dyseides, Latin deformis, Irish dochrud, Sanskrit ku-rupa). Another Germanic group has a root sense of "hate, sorrow" (see loath). Ugly duckling (1877) is from the story by Hans Christian Andersen, first translated from Danish to English 1846. Ugly American "U.S. citizen who behaves offensively abroad" is first recorded 1958 as a book title.

ugly 英文释义

1. displeasing to the senses and morally revolting;

"an ugly face"

"ugly furniture"

"war is ugly"

2. deficient in beauty;

"ugly gray slums"

3. inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace;

"a surly waiter"

"an ugly frame of mind"

4. morally reprehensible;

"would do something as despicable as murder"

"ugly crimes"

"the vile development of slavery appalled them"

5. threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments;

"a baleful look"

"forbidding thunderclouds"

"his tone became menacing"

"ominous rumblings of discontent"

"sinister storm clouds"

"a sinister smile"

"his threatening behavior"

"ugly black clouds"

"the situation became ugly"

6. provoking horror;

"an atrocious automobile accident"

"a frightful crime of decapitation"

"an alarming, even horrifying, picture"

"war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill

"an ugly wound"

ugly 双语例句

1. I thought they were laughing at me because I was ugly.

我觉得他们嘲笑我是因为我长得丑。

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2. The Memorial seems almost ugly, dominating the landscape for miles around.

那座纪念碑耸立在方圆数英里景致之中显得近乎难看。

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3. What ugly things; throw them away, throw them away.

多难看的东西啊，扔掉，扔掉。

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4. The extreme right reared its ugly head in the 1980s.

极右势力在20世纪80年代有所抬头。

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5. She was a shy, ugly duckling of a child.

她小时候是个羞怯的丑小鸭。

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ugly 实用场景例句

an ugly face

丑陋的面孔

牛津词典

an ugly building

难看的建筑

牛津词典

an ugly incident

危险事件

牛津词典

There were ugly scenes in the streets last night as rioting continued.

昨晚暴乱持续之际，街上险象环生。

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...an ugly little hat...

难看的小帽子

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She makes me feel dowdy and ugly.

她让我自惭形秽。

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There have been some ugly scenes...

出现了一些恶性事件。

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The confrontation turned ugly.

对抗局面进一步激化。

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Down deep in that ugly heap Marie Curie felt sure that her new element lay hidden.

就在那一堆丑陋难看的东西中,玛丽·居里夫人深信她的新元素蕴藏其中,不为人知.

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The witch was hideously ugly.

那个女巫丑得吓人.

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The sky has an ugly look.

天气阴沉沉的.

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He's got the looks of a film star now, but he was a real ugly duckling as a child.

他现在一副电影明星的模样, 小时候他可真是只丑小鸭.

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I like her in a kind, but she is ugly.

我有点喜欢她, 但她长得丑.

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What an ugly mug!

多难看的一张脸!

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She painted herself thick and ugly.

她脸上粉搽得又厚又难看.

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He's very sensitive about his ugly appearance.

他对自己丑陋的外貌很敏感.

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If you're not careful, the evil magician will change you back into the ugly creature that you used to be.

你要是不小心的话, 那个邪恶的魔术师又会把你变回你原来的丑模样.

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She discredited him with ugly gossip.

她用难听的流言蜚语臭他.

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The situation was getting more ugly.

情况变得更恶劣了.

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An ugly woman serves as a foil to a pretty girl.

一个丑女人可以将美丽的姑娘反衬得更加漂亮.

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Children are sometimes understandably reluctant to wear glasses that are ugly or uncomfortable.

孩子们有时不愿意戴难看或不舒服的眼镜,这是可以理解的.

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Don't believe the ugly rumours.

不要听信那些不堪入耳的谣言.

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The fairy changed the ugly old woman into a frog.

仙女把那个丑陋的老女人变成了一只青蛙.

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There were ugly scenes in the streets last night as rioting continued.

昨晚暴乱持续之际，街上险象环生。

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Roy was tremendously ugly, mega ugly.

罗伊巨丑特丑。

柯林斯例句

Often outsize clothes are made from cheap fabric and look like ugly tents.

超大号服装常常质地较差，而且看上去好似丑陋的帐篷。

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