| 释义 |
| | | | NOUN | | | | | | someone who people think will never be attractive or successful but who becomes very attractive or successful as they get older 丑小鸭（被认为永远也不会变漂亮或成功而长大后却变得很漂亮或成功的人） | | Word story: ˌugly ˈduckling | | | | From a children’ s story by Hans Christian Andersen, in which a young swan is unhappy because it thinks it is a duck but doesn’ t look like the other ducks. However, it later grows up and realizes it is a beautiful swan. | | | | | |