scruffy ♦︎ messy ♦︎ dishevelled ♦︎ unkempt ♦︎ tangled ♦︎ tousled ♦︎ matted ♦︎ stragglyThese words all describe sb/sth's appearance when it is untidy.這些詞均表示不整潔的、肮髒的、淩亂的。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a scruffy / a messy / a dishevelled / an unkempt appearance◆a scruffy / a dishevelled / an unkempt man / woman / child◆messy / dishevelled / unkempt / tangled / tousled / matted / straggly hair◆unkempt / tangled / straggly trees / bushes / hedges, etc.◆slightly scruffy / messy / unkempt■scruffy (especially BrE, ratherinformal, disapproving) (of a person, their clothes or general appearance) untidy(人、衣着或外表)不整潔的,邋遢的◆He looked a bit scruffy.他看上去有點邋遢。◆She was wearing her scruffy old jeans.她穿着髒兮兮的舊牛仔褲。OPPsmart ⇨ elegant■messy (NAmE, disapproving) (of sb's hair, clothes or general appearance) untidy(頭發、衣着或外表)肮髒的,淩亂的,不整潔的◆Her long black hair was messy and dirty.她的黑色長發又髒又亂。■dishevelled (BrE) (NAmE usuallydisheveled) (literary, disapproving) (of a person, their hair or general appearance) untidy(人、頭發或外表)肮髒的,淩亂的,不整潔的◆She returned at 1 a.m. in a dishevelled state.淩晨1點,她衣衫不整地回來了。NOTE辨析 Scruffy, messy or dishevelled?Scruffy is much more frequent in British English than American English. Messy, meaning 'untidy', is only used to describe sb's appearance in American English; in British English it can only describe a place. You can talk about a scruffy/dishevelled man/woman/child, but a messy man/woman/child is sb who makes a mess, not sb who looks untidy. A scruffy person, or sb with a messy appearance, is untidy because they have not taken care of their appearance. A dishevelled person has become untidy as a result of sth, for example being out in wind and rain. Scruffy clothes are old and often dirty or with holes, etc.; messy clothes are untidy (in American English) or dirty (in British English). * scruffy在英式英語中比在美式英語中要常用得多。messy意爲“不整潔的”,在美式英語中僅用於形容人的外表,在英式英語中僅用於形容場所。可以說a scruffy/dishevelled man/woman/child(邋遢/衣冠不整的男人/女人/孩子),但a messy man/woman/child指缺少條理、亂放東西的人而非外表不整潔的人。用scruffy形容人或用messy形容外表時,指因不修邊幅而顯得邋遢;dishevelled則表示外表邋遢事出有因,如遭遇了風雨等。scruffy形容服裝時指衣服又舊又髒,或者有破洞等;messy形容服裝時在美式英語中指不整潔,在英式英語中則指不幹淨。 see also messy ⇨ dirty, messy ⇨ untidy■unkempt (formal, disapproving) (especially of sb's hair or general appearance) untidy because it is not well cared for(尤指頭發或外表)不整潔的,淩亂的,不修邊幅的◆He had greasy, unkempt hair.他的頭發油乎乎亂蓬蓬的。◆Behind the house was a wild and unkempt garden.房子後面有個荒蕪淩亂的花園。■tangledtwisted together in an untidy way or with knots in纏結的;混亂的;紊亂的◆They had to fight their way through the tangled undergrowth.他們只能奮力穿過盤根錯節的灌木叢。◆Her hair was a tangled mass of damp curls.她的鬈發濕漉漉的亂作一團。◆Three people were cut from the tangled wreckage of the train.有三人是把火車扭結在一起的殘骸切開後才給解救出來的。ⓘ Tangled can describe quite a lot of different things. Typical collocates include hair, curls, mass, mess and words for plants such as trees, creepers and undergrowth. * tangled可描述許多不同種類的事物,常見搭配詞有hair、curl、mass、mess和一些植物名詞,如tree、creeper和undergrowth。■tousled ˈtaʊzld (written, oftenapproving) (of sb's hair) untidy, especially in an attractive way(頭發)蓬亂的(尤指好看的發型)◆She was an adorable child, with a tousled mass of dark curls.她是個惹人喜愛的孩子,一頭黑色鬈發亂蓬蓬的。■matted(of hair or fur) stuck together in a thick mass, especially after getting wet or dirty(尤指頭發或毛皮變濕或變髒後)纏結的,蓬亂的◆The dog's coat easily becomes matted.狗的皮毛很容易變得髒濕蓬亂。◆The back of her head was matted with blood.她後腦勺上的頭發因染血而纏結成一團。■straggly (disapproving) (of hair or plants) growing or hanging in separate long thin bits that need cutting, in a way that is not tidy or attractive(頭發)蓬亂不堪的;(植物)雜亂蔓生的◆She was a thin woman with straggly grey hair.她身體瘦削,灰發蓬亂。◆Cut the hedge regularly to prevent it becoming straggly.樹籬要定期修剪,以免雜亂蔓生。