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ugly duckling

丑小鸭,丑陋的小鸭子,丑陋的小鸭,丑陋的小鸟

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an unattractive or unpromising child who becomes a beautiful or much-admired adult.

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Examples

  • For this ugly duckling we worked on elongating the neck and reducing the waddle, so she moved more gracefully.

  • Some longtime local acquaintances are struggling to square the man they know with the ugly associations.

  • Of those, 1,980 used the term “cute”, while just 12 mentioned the word “ugly”.

  • Two seasons ago, the show killed off its main romantic interest, Matthew Crawley, in an ugly car accident.

  • How could you take such ugly pictures of a beautiful place?

  • After mom cries out in anguish and frustration on hearing the verdict, the ugly side of the protests rears its head.

  • A gentleman expatiating upon the good looks of women, declared that he had never yet seen an ugly woman.

  • One Turkish Company, about a hundred strong, was making an ugly push within rifle shot of our ship.

  • She looked Mariequita up and down, from her ugly brown toes to her pretty black eyes, and back again.

  • I was perfectly amazed to see how many little ugly habits I had to correct of which I had not been the least aware.

  • He would at once become stubborn and ugly, because he is not used to our quick, nervous, impatient ways.