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单词 unco
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Definition of unco in English:

unco

adjective ˈʌŋkəˈəNGkō
Scottish
  • Unusual or remarkable.

    不寻常的;出色的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • While I may be friends with someone similar to me, I've never been attracted to someone who was noticeably unreliable; prone to depression or unco.
    • So he mounted the blocks in his resplendent blue Speedos and did a massive unco belly flop on the starters gun.
    • I mean for a professional cricketer to slide his foot way back in line with his stumps and then rake across them there's something either very unco or very illicit going on.
    • I was so excited I tripped and twisted my ankle (although not, of course, in an unco way).
    • A straight right, an upper cut, a right hook or some unco combination of all three?
    Synonyms
    extraordinary, exceptional, amazing, astonishing, astounding, marvellous, wonderful, sensational, stunning, incredible, unbelievable, miraculous, phenomenal, prodigious
adverb ˈʌŋkəˈəNGkō
Scottish
  • as submodifier Remarkably; very.

    非常,极其

    it's got an unco fine taste

    味道好极了。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Colours mingled unco fine.
    Synonyms
    very, extremely, exceedingly, exceptionally, especially, tremendously, immensely, vastly, hugely
nounPlural uncos ˈʌŋkəˈəNGkō
Scottish
  • 1A stranger.

    陌生人

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Best of all, even a total unco like me can complete the tasks with a bit of practice.
    Synonyms
    unknown person
    1. 1.1uncos News.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Each tells the uncos that he sees or hears.

Phrases

  • the unco guid

    • derogatory Strictly religious people.

      〈主贬〉严谨古板的教徒

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The unco guid, who held Scotland in thrall to the ducking-stool in times past, have reinvented themselves.
      • We are not a humourless, unco guid congregation - far from it.
      • Malawi has had a long record as fashion accessory to the unco guid in Edinburgh.

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense 'unknown, strange'): alteration of uncouth.

Rhymes

bunco, junco

Definition of unco in US English:

unco

adjectiveˈəNGkō
Scottish
  • Unusual or remarkable.

    不寻常的;出色的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • While I may be friends with someone similar to me, I've never been attracted to someone who was noticeably unreliable; prone to depression or unco.
    • A straight right, an upper cut, a right hook or some unco combination of all three?
    • So he mounted the blocks in his resplendent blue Speedos and did a massive unco belly flop on the starters gun.
    • I was so excited I tripped and twisted my ankle (although not, of course, in an unco way).
    • I mean for a professional cricketer to slide his foot way back in line with his stumps and then rake across them there's something either very unco or very illicit going on.
    Synonyms
    extraordinary, exceptional, amazing, astonishing, astounding, marvellous, wonderful, sensational, stunning, incredible, unbelievable, miraculous, phenomenal, prodigious
adverbˈəNGkō
Scottish
  • as submodifier Remarkably; very.

    非常,极其

    it's got an unco fine taste

    味道好极了。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Colours mingled unco fine.
    Synonyms
    very, extremely, exceedingly, exceptionally, especially, tremendously, immensely, vastly, hugely
nounˈəNGkō
Scottish
  • 1A stranger.

    陌生人

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Best of all, even a total unco like me can complete the tasks with a bit of practice.
    Synonyms
    unknown person
    1. 1.1uncos News.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Each tells the uncos that he sees or hears.

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense ‘unknown, strange’): alteration of uncouth.

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