词源

源自中古英語 ，源自古英語 (“不明的；不熟悉的；奇怪的”)，源自原始西日耳曼語 ，源自原始日耳曼語 (“未知的”)，等价于 +‎ 。

发音

• 國際音標^(幫助)：/ʌnˈkuːθ/

• 音频：

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  韻部：-uːθ

形容词

(比較級，最高級)

1. (古舊) 奇怪的，奇特的，不寻常的

   反義詞： (弃用)

   • Template:RQ:Shakespeare As You Like It
   • 1667, , “Book V”, 出自 , London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; 再版為 Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

     The trouble of thy thoughts this night in sleep
     Affects me equally; nor can I like
     This uncouth' dream, of evil sprung I fear

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   • Template:RQ:Irving Sketch Book
2. 蹩脚的

   近義詞：

3. 粗鲁的，没教养的

   近義詞： ；亦參見Thesaurus:impolite

   反義詞：

   • 1699, , The Dispensary, Canto IV, line 204:

     Harsh words, though pertinent, uncouth appear: / None please the fancy, who offend the ear.

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   • 2014, James Lambert, “A Much Tortured Expression: A New Look At `Hobson-Jobson'”, 出自 International Journal of Lexicography, 卷 27, 期 1，頁號 58:

     If Yule found it delightful, why did Kipling find it uncouth?

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   • 2021 5月 10, Ian Prasad Philbrick, 引 Brian Fallon, “‘We May Not Have a Full Two Years’: Democrats’ Plans Hinge on Good Health”, 出自 The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     “I don’t think it’s uncouth to talk about it. I think it’s a reality that has to inform the urgency with which we approach those issues.”

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异序词

词源

源自中古英語 ，源自古英語 (“不明的；不熟悉的；奇怪的”)，源自原始西日耳曼語 。

形容词

1. 奇怪的
   • WEXFORD THREE HUNDRED YEARS AGO., line 9.

     estraunge, uncouth;

参考资料

• Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, 编, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ISBN 978-1436729291, 页120