earthy

英['ɜːθi] 美['ɜːrθi]
  • adj. 泥土的；粗俗的；朴实的；世俗的
earthily earthier earthiest earthiness
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详细释义

Adjective:
  1. conspicuously and tastelessly indecent;

    "coarse language"
    "a crude joke"
    "crude behavior"
    "an earthy sense of humor"
    "a revoltingly gross expletive"
    "a vulgar gesture"
    "full of language so vulgar it should have been edited"

  2. not far removed from or suggestive of nature;

    "the earthy taste of warm milk fresh from the cow"
    "earthy smells of new-mown grass"

  3. hearty and lusty;

    "an earthy enjoyment of life"

  4. of or consisting of or resembling earth;

    "it had an earthy smell"
    "only a little earthy bank separates me from the edge of the ocean"

  5. sensible and practical;

    "has a straightforward down-to-earth approach to a problem"
    "her earthy common sense"

双语例句

1. She is a very physical young woman, earthy, and very intense.
她是个很粗犷的年轻女子，快人快语，非常热情。

来自柯林斯例句

2. I'm attracted to warm, earthy colours.
我喜欢那种泥土般色调的暖色。

来自柯林斯例句

3. an earthy sense of humour
粗俗的幽默感

来自《权威词典》

4. The stairs are decorated in golds and earthy browns.
楼梯油漆成金色和土褐色。

来自辞典例句

5. The rooms had the clean earthy smell of wet clay.
这些房间有湿黏土散发出来的清新泥土气息。

来自辞典例句

    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. The houses in the village are mostly earthy.
      村里的房子多数是用泥土打造的。
    2. The air is full of an earthy smell after the rain.
      雨后的空气里弥漫着一种土腥味。
    3. He often has got a earthy sense of humour.
      他常常有粗俗的幽默感。
    4. Michael has an earthy sense of humour; he likes rude jokes.
      迈克尔有一种粗俗的幽默感，他喜欢讲粗俗的笑话。
    5. There was something vital and earthy and coarse about him that appealed to her.
      他身上有一种生气勃勃的粗俗味儿吸引着她。
    6. I veer towards the earthy art of India, Indonesia and Malaysia.
      印度、印尼和马来西亚的朴实的艺术作品深深吸引我。
    7. There is an earthy quality appreciated in music such as jazz or soul.
      乡土音色如爵士乐或爵士灵歌中有种朴实无华的音色。

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