earthy

[英] [ˈə:θi] [美] [ˈɚθi] 生词本

adj.

  • 柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典

  • 英英释义

1. ADJ-GRADED 爽快的;干脆的;不忸怩作态的 If you describe someone as earthy, you mean that they are open and direct, and talk about subjects which other people avoid or feel ashamed about. 
  • She is a very physical young woman, earthy, and very intense.

    她是个很粗犷的年轻女子,快人快语,非常热情。

  • ...his extremely earthy humour.

    他非常率直的幽默

earthiness
  • He loved Gerard's peasant earthiness.

    他喜欢杰勒德身上那种农民的朴实。

2. ADJ-GRADED 泥土般的;泥土味的 If you describe something as earthy, you mean it looks, smells, or feels like earth. 
  • I'm attracted to warm, earthy colours...

    我喜欢那种泥土般色调的暖色。

  • The rooms had the clean earthy smell of wet clay.

    这些房间有湿黏土散发出来的清新泥土气息。

Adjective

1. conspicuously and tastelessly indecent;

  • "coarse language"
  • "a crude joke"
  • "crude behavior"
  • "an earthy sense of humor"
  • "a revoltingly gross expletive"
  • "a vulgar gesture"
  • "full of language so vulgar it should have been edited"

2. not far removed from or suggestive of nature;

  • "the earthy taste of warm milk fresh from the cow"
  • "earthy smells of new-mown grass"

3. hearty and lusty;

  • "an earthy enjoyment of life"

4. sensible and practical;

  • "has a straightforward down-to-earth approach to a problem"
  • "her earthy common sense"