| 词汇 | homeliness |
| 语种 | 英语、汉语、英汉翻译、汉英翻译 |
| 释义 | homeliness noun[ U ] uk /ˈhəʊm.li.nəs/ us /ˈhoʊm.li.nəs/ homelinessnoun[U] (PLAIN)UK the quality of being simple or ordinary, but pleasant, in a way that makes you think of home: The farmhouse combines nostalgia and homeliness. I loved the warm homeliness of the story. The photographs of his wife and child add a nice touch of homeliness and familiarity. They left the luxury of midtown for the homeliness of the Midwest. It was a one-stop shop that combined the pleasure of consumption with the ideals of homeliness and simplicity. Plain and ordinary as it comesidiom austere austerely austerity average Joe homey humble humdrum middle-of-the-road mundane sparely spartan stale starkly starkness unostentatious unostentatiously unpainted unremarkable unremarkably homelinessnoun[U] (UGLY)USdisapproving the quality of being unattractive or ugly: 长相难看，丑陋 He joked about the homeliness of the reporters.他拿记者的难看长相开起了玩笑。 The character's homeliness makes her likeable and unthreatening.这个角色不好看的长相让她令人喜欢，毫无威胁性。 See homely For some cars, like early Citroën, the homeliness is clear. Scientists and philosophers long recognised a so-called beauty premium, but can homeliness pay too? Homeliness is part of his charm. Not attractive to look at back end be no oil paintingidiom be not much to look atidiom bleakly bleakness gopping gracelessly have a face like the back end of a busidiom hideous hideousness putridly reptilian scrappily scrappy stolid unpretty unshapely unsightly vulgarity vulgarly |
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