dishevelled
/dɪˈʃevəld/( <美> disheveled)
adjective
- (of a person's hair, clothes, or appearance) untidy; disordered(人的头发, 衣服, 外表)凌乱的, 不整齐的:
a man with long dishevelled hair.
头发长而凌乱的男子。
派生词
dishevel
verb (dishevelled, dishevelling; 〈美〉disheveled, disheveling)dishevelment
noun词源
late Middle English: from obsolete dishevely, from Old French deschevele, past participle of descheveler (based on chevel'hair', from Latin capillus). The original sense was 'having the hair uncovered'; later, referring to the hair itself, 'hanging loose', hence 'disordered, untidy'. Compare with UNKEMPT.