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homeliness的意思

homeliness

基本解释

n. 朴素;寻常;粗野

英文词源

homeliness (n.)
mid-14c., from homely + -ness. Originally "meekness, gentleness," also "familiarity, intimacy; friendliness;" sense degenerated by c. 1400 to "want of refinement in manners, coarseness; presumptuousness."

实用例句

1. Fine clothes could not conceal the girl's homeliness.
华丽的衣服并不能掩盖这个女孩的寻常容貌.
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