- 1(頭髮)蓬亂的、亂中帶帥的(不是難看的亂,是剛睡醒那種好看的亂)
Describing hair — or a whole person — that looks , as if it has been rubbed, slept on, or blown about. What makes it worth learning is that it is nearly always a kind word, or even an one. Messy hair sounds like a problem; tousled hair sounds attractive, natural, a bit sleepy, the look of someone who just got out of bed or came in off a beach.
Describing hair用來形容頭髮 — or a whole person或形容整個人 — that looks untidy看起來凌亂, as if it has been rubbed, slept on, or blown about像是被揉過、睡壓過,或被風吹亂. What makes it worth learning值得學的地方在於 is that it is nearly always a kind word它幾乎永遠是一個好聽的詞, or even an admiring one甚至帶點讚賞. Messy hair sounds like a problem messy hair 聽起來像是個問題; tousled hair sounds attractive, natural, a bit sleepy而 tousled hair 聽起來有魅力、自然、帶點慵懶, the look of someone who just got out of bed or came in off a beach就像剛下床或剛從海邊回來的那種樣子.
Fashion and film writing lean on it constantly: tousled beach , his tousled hair and crumpled shirt, a tousled boy. You can stretch it past hair to the person or their look — he arrived tousled and late — and it keeps that same forgiving, slightly romantic tone.
Fashion and film writing lean on it constantly時尚和電影文章一直在用這個詞: tousled beach waves凌亂好看的海灘捲髮, his tousled hair and crumpled shirt他那頭凌亂的頭髮和皺巴巴的襯衫, a charmingly tousled boy一個頭髮亂得很迷人的男孩. You can stretch it past hair你可以把這個詞從頭髮延伸 to the person or their look到整個人或他們的樣子上 — he arrived tousled and late「他一副亂糟糟的樣子,遲到才到」 — and it keeps that same forgiving, slightly romantic tone而且保留了那種寬容、帶點浪漫的語氣.
Two , "TOW-zuld". Like the verb behind it, it belongs more to writing than to chat.
Two syllables兩個音節, 'TOW-zuld' 唸法是 TOW-zuld. Like the verb behind it就像它背後的那個動詞一樣, it belongs more to writing than to chat它比較屬於寫作而不是閒聊.
core核心畫面
組成The past participle of the verb tousle, 'to make hair untidy', used as an adjective — the same -ed that gives us tired, crowded and worried.
同家族的字
- touslethe verb it is the past participle of
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
tousledadj/ˈtaʊ.zəld/
- 1
Of hair: in disarray, dishevelled, or unkempt.
- His shoes were covered with mud, and he was looking very rough and touzled; but then he had never been a very smart man, the Badger, at the best of times.
- An instant later the maid, who looked as tousled and bewildered as if she had that instant been aroused from the deepest sleep, appeared with a card upon a tray.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary,已精簡格式;依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用,改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。