dishevel
英 [dɪ'ʃevəl]
美 [dɪˈʃɛvəl]
将“dishevel”分解为“dis”和“hevel”。联想“dis”为否定或分散,“hevel”类似于“hovel”,意为简陋的小屋。想象一个人的外表或举止因为过于混乱和随意,看起来就像是从一个简陋的小屋中走出来的一样,从而记忆这个词意味着“凌乱”或“不整洁”。
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- dishevel (v.)
- originally an adjective, "bare-headed," late 14c., variant (with muted final -e) of dishevely, from Old French deschevele "bare-headed, with shaven head," past participle adjective from descheveler "to disarrange the hair," from des- "apart" (see dis-) + chevel "hair," from Latin capillus "hair" (see capillary). Of the hair, "dissheveled," mid-15c. OED says use as a verb is chiefly a back-formation from disheveled.