homeliness

['həumlinis]

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."

双语例句

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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