| 单词 | ill-dressed |
| 例句 | She took little notice of him—only that he was ill-dressed and appeared elderly. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z She had no idea what this ill-dressed boy was talking about. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z After the ceremony, I chatted outside with family members, who generously told an ill-dressed and very nosy stranger how the two ended up together. Frugal Traveler Blog: In Southern Sweden, Singing the Blues and Medieval Jousting 2012-07-17T19:12:31Z He prefers the students at Haverford College, a liberal-arts university in Pennsylvania — who are “ostentatiously ill-dressed, uncombed, and unwashed” — to Princeton’s “pampered” ones. Freeman Dyson’s life of scientific delight 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z Before beer, Berger wrote, Schultz was “just an unambitious, sloppy flat-burglar and package thief in the Bronx” and even after “great success,” he “still managed to look like an ill-dressed vagrant.” At Yonkers Brewing Company, Beer Steeped in Local Pride 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z The obvious downside, though, is they'll remember you for being insane, ill-dressed, or simply annoying. A Simple Trick for Being More Memorable 2012-11-21T13:31:00Z His first step was to tell us we were disorderly, ill-dressed, and ill-disciplined; but we were even less prepared to hear that we could not ride. Barrington Volume II (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:32.490Z Neither was he ill-dressed, though his clothes did not seem to express his individuality, except perhaps by the fact that they were black and grey. Mitchelhurst Place, Vol. I (of 2) A Novel 2012-04-03T02:00:33.630Z He sat upon his chair very awkwardly, and was very ill-dressed, but every word he uttered, showed him to be a man of claims very superior to exterior attractions. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z Of course, he could not dig clams in his best clothes, as Tess pointed out; but Tom Jonah had confirmed doubts about all ill-dressed people. The Corner House Girls Under Canvas How they reached Pleasant Cove and what happened afterward 2012-02-03T03:00:19.757Z He carried in his arms a teething baby, very dirty and ill-dressed, and tried to nurse and soothe it on his knee, the mother being totally incapacitated by seasickness. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z She would have risen up like Banquo, ill-dressed, haggard, rheumatic, pathetic. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z Luke, a lanky, ill-dressed Southerner, following, closes door. Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-11-12T03:00:36.860Z He is short, very much bent in the back, slightly knock-kneed, and, if my opinion in such matters goes for anything, as ill-dressed a man for a gentleman, as you will find in London. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z Noailles, who detested England as the land of humid atmospheres and ill-dressed women! The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z Several children were there, who at first sight all appeared equally dirty and ill-dressed. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z They instigated me to surprize, when ill-dressed, negligent, and spiritless, the charming face and form that, skilfully adorned, had appeared to me Venus attired by the Graces. The Wanderer (Volume 4 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:32.663Z They were May Fisher, Valentine Browne, the Rev. Felix St. Bees, and a tall, ill-dressed, shambling fellow hanging in the rear, whom they called Augustus. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z The persons in the kitchen appear to be ill-dressed, squalid, half-starved. Unto This Last and Other Essays on Political Economy 2011-06-29T02:00:26.763Z She had an instinctive distaste for all ungroomed and ill-dressed people and seeing him so like the members of her own world, she felt a rising confidence and reassurance. Miss Maitland Private Secretary 2011-03-08T03:00:39.100Z She was leaner, more gauntly untidy, more aggressively ill-dressed. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z He was an old man, very ill-dressed, the great size of his head, which was covered with thick white hair, being the most notable thing about him. A Practical Novelist 2011-02-19T03:01:38.957Z She was very pretty and very young and very ill-dressed—her costume a bucolic travesty on prevailing modes. Louisiana 2011-02-18T03:00:21.217Z To these disadvantages, she added the additional one of being particularly ill-dressed, upon the present occasion, in a horrible-looking copper-coloured turban, with a sprinkling of green flowers over it. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 2 of 6 Some hours before, a magistrate, accompanied by a group of ill-dressed and vulgar-looking men, had been seen to pass the house, and take the path which led to the Gap of Ennismore. Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) The women are mostly ill-dressed, and, in no instance that I have seen, even well-looking. Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. Volume II (of II) The narrow streets were scarcely lighted,—it was night,—the houses seemed poor and mean and dilapidated, the inhabitants rude-looking and ill-dressed. Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience The poor child who was destined to become their victim, was a short, squat figure, somewhere about nine or ten years of age; awkward in her carriage, plain in her features, ill-dressed and over-dressed. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. Ay, sir, this poor, shabby, ill-dressed fellow that you see before you is that same Herbert Layton; so much for brains and ability to work a man's way in life! One Of Them Meet president of such a court was the scowling, ill-dressed, and ill-favoured fellow who, with two squalid clerks at his side, sat judge of the tribunal. Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier Probably a church of this sort will be built in the district of St. Giles; to be dedicated, however, in honour of St. James, the patron saint, whatever his square may think, of ill-dressed church-goers. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) They didn’t believe our government would have such a little, ill-dressed soldier. Adventures and Reminiscences of a Volunteer A Drummer Boy from Maine Though no epicure, I could not forbear observing that many of the dishes were out of season, ill-chosen, and ill-dressed. Coelebs In Search of a Wife They are as ill-dressed as their betters are well-dressed, and their garments have that sooty-looking surface which has nothing in common with some forms of ragged picturesqueness. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20. July, 1877. Whatever was awkward or ill-dressed, was perfectly abhorrent to him; and he took a dislike to "the creature" the moment he cast his eyes upon her. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. What we found out the next day, when we filed into the superintendent's office with the ill-dressed horde of anxious Sunday-afternoon visitors, was hardly a surprise. The Long Day The Story of a New York Working Girl As Told by Herself And you mustn't get the idea, darling, that when I'm among ill-dressed people I have a feeling of conscious superiority. The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature Here, around the sides, were gathered a large number of men, all armed, and, though ill-dressed, still presenting a very impressive appearance. A Castle in Spain A Novel Only ’tis better sport chasing handsome foxes in England than ill-dressed poltroons in Bumpkin-land.” The Continental Dragoon A Love Story of Philipse Manor-House in 1778 Fifteen minutes before a stout, ill-dressed man of perhaps forty years of age knocked at the door of Mrs. Mack's room. Mark Mason's Victory As to the poor performers, they found them totally undeserving of mercy; they were so shockingly awkward, so ill-dressed, so low-lived, and such detestable creatures, that it was impossible to bear them with any patience. The History of Sandford and Merton England has thousands of other women who are lapped in an enervating and degrading luxury—without occupation, with none but frivolous cares—who fancy themselves infinitely superior to their poor, slaving, ill-dressed, and toilworn sisters. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) She was ill-dressed, in a morning wrapper, and looked to him to be at least as old as her husband. Is He Popenjoy? A big, ill-dressed fellow was repeating the tale of scandal for the benefit of a newcomer; the narrative moving jerkily over hiccoughs, like hurdles. A Breath of Prairie and other stories Ursula followed him, and found in the lobby a thin woman with a whitish skin, not ill-dressed in a grey costume and a purple hat. The Rainbow She felt ill-dressed, uncomfortable, dissatisfied, and would have been glad to quarrel with anybody. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius A Catholic congregation is always devout, but these people, well-dressed or ill-dressed, prosperous or poor, pale-faced and hollow-eyed every one, joined in the office with passion. The Dop Doctor However, as we could not afford to keep a regular cook, an ill-dressed dish would occasionally appear, and then my father would say, "God sends food, but the devil sends cooks." Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville After studying many over-gowned ladies, we turned by way of contrast to the ill-dressed emigrants leaving this famous port. Through Finland in Carts I had learned that Lady Lydbrook was under the influence of that ill-dressed man who spoke so well, and whom I at first took to be an undergraduate or perhaps a hospital student. The Golden Face A Great 'Crook' Romance Then Laurent entered, bringing another prisoner, an ugly, ill-dressed little man of fifty, in a black wig, who looked like what he was, a spy of the Inquisition. The True Story Book Standing a moment on the step, I suddenly became aware of an ill-dressed fellow evidently watching me from the shelter of a door-way nearly opposite. My Sword's My Fortune A Story of Old France Like the house, the man seemed dilapidated also: a slovenly, ill-dressed, demoralized figure he looked, even with his face covered. Northern Lights An old man, more ordinarily but still very ill-dressed, walked beside him. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 Through these years we discern the brilliant heiress to be a person of infinitely inferior importance to the ill-dressed and overworked Vicar's daughter. Emily Brontë But that view had become somewhat corrected, and she had to admit to herself that Paul Stepaside was no awkward, ignorant, ill-dressed clown. The Day of Judgment The white man himself is insolent, ill-dressed, and ugly. An Old Man's Love She was very small, as thin and light as thistle-down, ill-dressed, and as communicative as a babbling child. Robert Elsmere By the side of the cart walked a young man, as ill-dressed as he was good-looking. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 So great was the personality of this energetic, silent, brooding, ill-dressed young Englishwoman, that all who knew her recognised in her the genius they were slow to perceive in her more sociable and vehement sister. Emily Brontë He was thrust rudely back into his dark, dirty hut, and the only food he received was a bowl of the ill-dressed farina, of which he was getting heartily tired. The Three Midshipmen President Lincoln was uncouth and ill-dressed, but he was a wise man and a gentleman in the highest and best sense of that much misused word. The Common Sense of Socialism A Series of Letters Addressed to Jonathan Edwards, of Pittsburg Very little care was given to the Cedars, and the place therefore always looked ill-dressed. Miss Mackenzie He sat by his plain, stout, ill-dressed Frau, with his back to the scenery, and ate. A War-time Journal, Germany 1914 and German Travel Notes Altogether they were a jovial and hearty, though uncommonly ill-dressed race of mortals. Chasing the Sun So he went on in the same way: slow, sleepy, stuttering, thin, stingy, ill-dressed, lame. "Run To Seed" 1891 Men of all types were there, from the spruce, smartly groomed detectives of the West End to the burly, ill-dressed detectives of the East. The Grell Mystery It was not that Miss Altifiorla was ignorant, or unladylike, or ill-dressed; but that she knew her friend too well. Kept in the Dark On his way out he met two hot and burly gentlemen, rather ill-dressed, who were hastening in. The Sins of Séverac Bablon They appeared neither to wear nor to require stays, and on the whole, their figures were so perfect, that they could only be ill-dressed by having on too much dress. Peter Simple Even an ill-dressed person might be conducted to the frontier. Europe—Whither Bound? Being Letters of Travel from the Capitals of Europe in the Year 1921 If you happen to see a row of squinney-eyed, ill-dressed mules, with large boots and turn-up noses, and afraid of their lives to move off where they are, those are the prize lunatics. Tom, Dick and Harry As you are an elegant person, of course you are ill-dressed: your coat is dusty, your boots speckled with mud, your hair uncombed, you exhale a strong odour of tobacco. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 445 Volume 18, New Series, July 10, 1852 “And you are willing to make this awkward, ill-dressed, unmannered dowdy, your Countess, Etherington; you, for whose critical eye half the town dress themselves?” said Jekyl. St. Ronan's Well Being very young, gawky, and ill-dressed, he was subject to a good deal of jesting and ridicule. Captains of Industry or, Men of Business Who Did Something Besides Making Money The woman, tall, gaunt, and ill-dressed, spoke fast, passion and misery in all her attitude and in every tone and gesture. The Mermaid A Love Tale That one so ill-dressed and—it must be confessed—so uncouth of manner could be the composer of such charming music seemed impossible. Story-Lives of Great Musicians These ill-dressed men are surrounded by women blazing in jewels and diamonds, coronets and diadems. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 445 Volume 18, New Series, July 10, 1852 "Why do you go abroad, hungry, ill-dressed, and houseless, when you can wear the livery of France?" Bohemian Days Three American Tales They might be poorly drilled, ill-dressed, variously armed, yet these were fighting men. My Lady of Doubt Could this ill-dressed boy—a street boy in appearance—be his long-lost and deeply wronged cousin? Adrift in New York Tom and Florence Braving the World Those present recalled afterwards the contrast of the stately Lee and the plain, ill-dressed Grant arriving mud-splashed in his haste. Abraham Lincoln She saw that she was pretty, her hair badly arranged and she was ill-dressed, and that was enough for her. The Butterfly House Every occurrence passes in review, like the figures of a procession; some may be awkward, others ill-dressed, but none but a fool is on that account enraged with the master of ceremonies. McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader As he picked up his stick, he heard a footstep behind him, and turning, saw an ill-dressed, sullen-looking man. Adrien Leroy He had made no effort to make himself presentable; but appeared in court ill-dressed, unshaven, and wearing a cotton night-cap on his head. Celebrated Claimants from Perkin Warbeck to Arthur Orton He looked, as he ever did, serious, composed, ill-dressed, and like a gentleman. The Claverings Each had his arm upon the other's shoulder; both were ill-dressed. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 But a man may be a most competent, clear-headed, honest, scrupulously careful doctor, and yet be plain, ill-dressed, and uninteresting, and all this it is as well to understand. Doctor and Patient This strongly built, ill-dressed man, with his keen, brown, deeply scarred face and crooked mouth, was unknown to her. Red Pottage She was not ill-dressed for the part she had to play, for the black silk rain-coat gave the touch of the traveller to her costume. The Mystery of Mary The operative's family went, some to the factory, others to the gutter, but none to school; they were ill-dressed, excepting on Sundays, when they obtained their clothes from the pawnshop. Thrift They carry a strange assortment of passengers; well and ill-dressed; old and young; rich and poor; cows, sheep, horses, pigs, dogs, fowls, market-baskets, vegetables, fruit, hay, corn, anything and everything you will see by turns. The Backwoods of Canada Being Letters From The Wife of an Emigrant Officer, Illustrative of the Domestic Economy of British America On returning, I found a cord drawn across the street in front of the barrack in the Rue Verte, and some forty or fifty ill-dressed and riotous men assembled, half-a-dozen of whom held the cord. The Idler in France A woman in a pale-green gown was standing near the open window, her white profile outlined against the framed darkness, as she listened with evident amusement to the tall, ill-dressed man beside her. Red Pottage Though his cookery could not have been very tempting, as it was made up of ill-dressed Cossack ragouts, nobody ventured to find any fault with it, and his good appetite made it palatable to himself. International Weekly Miscellany — Volume 1, No. 3, July 15, 1850 The dinner was such as might have been expected from the previous specimens—bad of its kind, cold, ill-dressed, and slovenly set down; but Mrs. Gawtfaw seemed satisfied with herself and it. Marriage Many persons are absolutely ill-dressed who spend a fortune upon their clothes. Routledge's Manual of Etiquette The servants, if not in livery—and it is difficult to get them to wear one, the dignity of caste interfering—are almost invariably ill-dressed and slovenly in their appearance. Notes of an Overland Journey Through France and Egypt to Bombay I was ill-dressed and poor, therefore no doubt covetous of his fine clothes and wealth. A Tramp's Sketches "A loose, slack, ill-dressed youth," was Coleridge's impression of Keats, when he met him in a lane near Highgate. The Silent Isle And then, though she was ill-dressed, untidy, almost unkempt on occasions, still, through it all, there was something attractive about her. John Caldigate You don't pretend to declare, do you, that there never were unconventional women, ill-dressed and rowdy women, before the new woman was heard of? From a Girl's Point of View A man of two-and-thirty, short, ungraceful, ill-dressed, with features as little commonplace as can be imagined. The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories An ill-dressed, ill-natured man and woman, each carrying a violin, and a thin, squalid girl, with a tamborine, composed the group. Views a-foot I see a little man, ill-dressed and scowling, who rose clumsily, who chewed out some confused words. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 49, November, 1861 All his charm of manner, his grace in the dance, his popularity, could not blind others to the fact that he was ill-dressed, and the girls decided that something must be done, and at once. The Booming of Acre Hill And Other Reminiscences of Urban and Suburban Life Some ill-dressed, loafing stragglers on the wharf drew near Sylvia with an indolent curiosity. The Bent Twig Intruders who had taken refuge under his roof, brought their children there in his absence, and grumbled if their dinners were ill-dressed. Samuel Johnson I observed, at the same time, that a lowering ill-dressed man who had stopped and stared at us in passing, a little before, was coming so close after us as to brush against her. David Copperfield I was too ill-dressed, and my manner was too simple, to attract or fix attention. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 49, November, 1861 The heat was tremendous, the odour of Thither men and the ill-dressed hides they wore almost overpowering. Gulliver of Mars But though Robin felt a sort of brotherhood with these strangers, his eyes were attracted from them to a person who stood near the door, holding whispered conversation with a group of ill-dressed associates. The Snow Image and other stories He was as ill-dressed as the rest of them, but he did not speak in the Cockney dialect. The Lost Prince There was Tarca, of course, but Tarca had a difference with that ill-dressed father of yours, and wears a leprosy on half his face instead of that beard he used to trim so finely. The Lost Continent Perhaps Napoleon said that to reassure the Empress; I imagine that the Polish women, with all their elegance and grace, were scarcely so ill-dressed as he pretended. The Court of the Empress Josephine She passed generally for a dull and plain woman, ill-dressed, with a stoop that was almost a deformity, and a deafness that made her socially useless. The Case of Richard Meynell She felt mean and poor, ill-dressed, shabby, dowdy, dull, weary and uninteresting. The Incomplete Amorist Coarse and ill-dressed was the food which Betty Williams with great bustle and awkwardness served up to her guest; but Angelina was no epicure. Tales and Novels — Volume 01 She was very small, as thin and light as thistledown, ill-dressed, and as communicative as a babbling child. Robert Elsmere "I have known many an heiress lost by her suitor being ill-dressed," said Mr. Vigo. Endymion Then she remembered that she had often seen poor girls, ill-dressed as herself, cleaning the steps of large houses, and had heard that the usual payment was one penny for the task. Fan : the story of a young girl's life Behind him came a youth with a pale, sensitive face and dark eyes, ill-dressed, with the grip of poverty upon him, from his patched shoes to his frayed collar and well-worn cap. The Double Traitor The others saw only a rather ill-dressed, intrusive, vulgar police officer. The Lost Naval Papers The central figure was that of a man remarkably tall, homely, ill-dressed, but with a countenance radiating joy and good-will. The Life of Abraham Lincoln But Charles had not been ‘ill-dressed’ in these old days! Pickle the Spy; Or, the Incognito of Prince Charles An ill-dressed man, but clear of head and very positive; and the members from Virginia she liked better. Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker Then, indeed, he experienced a shock, for it was difficult to recognize in this handsome, modish young woman the awkward, ill-dressed country girl he had seen at noon. Flowing Gold You may accept this as the world of reality, you may consent to be one scar in an ill-dressed compound wound, but so—not I! A Modern Utopia At its conclusion the awkward, ill-dressed, bashful but enthusiastic young Lincoln pressed forward to offer his congratulations and thanks to the eloquent lawyer, who haughtily brushed by him without accepting the proffered hand. The Life of Abraham Lincoln He was ill-dressed,--his hair flying in the wind,--his movements hurried and nervous, and the expression of his broad countenance wild, strange, and earnest. Hyperion Two ill-dressed children, but of delicate features, should be playing about an ugly neglected pool that had once been the basin to the fountain. The Recreations of a Country Parson An ill-dressed shabby fellow; also a mean- spirited person. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue On the landing were two stoutish, ill-dressed men, of middle age, apparently waiting. The Old Wives' Tale And Trevelyan was conscious too that he himself was not in outward appearance as he used to be; that he was ill-dressed, and haggard, and worn, and visibly a wretched being. He Knew He Was Right What I saw was a pushing, exclamatory, ill-dressed, determined crowd, each member of which was bent on the realization of his own desires by the least ceremonious means. The Grim Smile of the Five Towns I was particularly ill-dressed, and I noticed that they stared at me; but I had no intention, then, of throwing myself in her way. Friends and Neighbors "No, thanks," said Miss Toombs, as she made off, to leave Mavis gazing at the ill-dressed, squat figure hurrying along the road. Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl Odo looked about for any one resembling the masked beauty of the market-place; but he beheld only ill-dressed dowagers and matrons, or ladies of the town more conspicuous for their effrontery than for their charms. The Valley of Decision The gas-jet in his friend's bedroom displayed him as a gaunt, ill-dressed man of about forty, with a long unwholesome face, lank hair, and prominent eyes. The Town Traveller But she did not think it was worth her while to put herself out for any of the humdrum and ill-dressed women who had been her former acquaintance at Ashcombe. Wives and Daughters Life about them was ugly; the sight of ugly and mean houses, of ill-dressed people, the vulgar appeals of the dealers in popular commodities, were not to be escaped. In the Days of the Comet He used to say that an ill-dressed woman would spoil the finest landscape. Their Pilgrimage There is a well-dressed and an ill-dressed mob, both which I hate. Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners She was no longer the ill-dressed, awkward girl of the mountains, and his passion grew, rather than died. Long Live the King! Soon two men, ill-dressed, but very well armed, rose up out of a clump of young wood a few paces from where Orso stood. Colomba They had admitted and assimilated at once all that was good in the ill-dressed propagandas that had clamored so vehemently and vainly at the doors of their minds in the former days. In the Days of the Comet Look at his skin—at four-score years How fresh it gleams and fair: He never tasted ill-dressed food, Or breathed in tainted air. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 4 The provision was very ill-dressed, and served up in the most slovenly manner. Travels through France and Italy No, nothing but an old man of 73, ill-dressed, all dusty, was returning from his day's work. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 21 There was deep silence, and a stately but ill-dressed nobleman, whose moustaches pointed to the skies and whose dark eyes shot forth flashing glances, was seen advancing toward the witness-box. Penguin Island She, too, is rosy and foolish; and, what is more, awkward and squat and freckled, and ill-tempered and ill-dressed. Armadale Mr. Sabin quietly but faultlessly attired in the usual evening dinner garb, Mr. Skinner ill-dressed, untidy, unwashed and frowsy. The Yellow Crayon Acting on my advice, he had brought his “worst rags,” and as we hiked up the London road out of Maidstone he was worrying greatly for fear we had come too ill-dressed for the business. The People of the Abyss “I saw an ill-dressed vagabond in the lane yesterday evening,” said Mr. Holder. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes |
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