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kempt

/kempt/US // kɛmpt //UK // (kɛmpt) //

鄙视,鄙夷,鄙俗,鄙夷的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : neatly or tidily kept: a kempt little cottage.
    • : combed, as hair.

Examples

  • So many objects were in transition, most of them greasy or dirty or oddly shaped and otherwise unsuited to the clean, well kempt confines of the house.

  • The waiting room is ill-kempt, but inside its institutional blue and white walls, there is a surprising sense of tranquility.

  • Irvine Kempt I cannot imagine was as keen a fighter as the rest, for he was rather a dignified gentleman with fine manners.

  • He could now see that his father's clothes were mud-stained and torn, that his long white hair was ill-kempt.

  • Bylandt's brigade gave way in confusion, but Kempt's and Pack's stood firm in their places.

  • An ill-kempt, unwieldy man dressed in the uniform of an officer was seated on a stone bench and scowled as the two appeared.

  • Then, when my hair was kempt with an old Felting comb, almost toothless, I felt refreshed and hungrier than ever.