earthy

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a. 土的, 土质的, 土味的

发音

UK /ˈɜː.θi/
其它
US /ˈɝθi/

词形变化

earthier 比较级 earthier earthiest earthiest 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Resembling dirt or soil (i.e. earth).

    The earthy smell of fresh turned loam told me the farmer had started plowing this morning, the definitive sign of spring for me.

  2. 2.

    Composed, or largely composed, of soil.

  3. 3.

    Down-to-earth, not artificial, natural.

    She was an earthy soul, the salt of the earth as they say of such rural folk, untarnished by false civilization.

  4. 4.

    Coarse and unrefined, crude.

    比喻

    earthy humour

  5. 5.

    Like or resembling the earth or of the earth.

  6. 6.

    Covered with earth (mud, dirt).

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 4

gross vulgar crude down-to-earth

近义相关 4

natural realistic indecent uninhibited

词源

From Middle English erthy, equivalent to earth + -y. Compare German erdig (“earthy”), Swedish jordig (“earthy”).

来源：wiktionary