英语网 单词
rebarbative的意思
rebarbative
英 [rɪ'bɑːbətɪv]
美
- adj. 令人讨厌的；难看的
助记提示
1. barber (originally "beard-trimmer") => barb- "beard" => rebarbative.
2. => literally “to stand beard to beard against, face each other ‘beard to beard’ aggressively”.
3. => repellent, unattractive.
2. => literally “to stand beard to beard against, face each other ‘beard to beard’ aggressively”.
3. => repellent, unattractive.
中文词源
rebarbative 厌恶的
re-,相对，-barb,胡子，词源同 beard,barber.即胡子对胡子，面对面，引申词义快打架的，厌 恶的。
英文词源
- rebarbative (adj.)
- "repellent, unattractive," 1885, from French rébarbatif (14c.), from barbe "beard," from Latin barba (see barb (n.)).
双语例句
- 1. He became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful; I find his obsequiousness repellent.
- 他变得令人讨厌、易发怒,怀有恶意; 我发现他的奉承令人厌恶.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. He has the rebarbative habit that is smoking during eating.
- 他有边吃饭边抽烟那让人讨厌的习惯。
来自辞典例句
- 3. He became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful.
- 他变得令人讨厌,容易发怒,而且满怀恶意.
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