(especially of somebody’s hair or general appearance )尤指头发或外貌 not well cared for; not neat or tidy synonym dishevelled不整洁的;凌乱的;不修边幅的 greasy, unkempt hair 油乎乎乱蓬蓬的头发 The children were unwashed and unkempt. 孩子们没有洗澡,蓬头垢面。 a wild and unkempt garden 一个荒无人烟的花园
Oxford Collocations DictionaryUnkempt is used with these nouns:- appearance
- beard
- hair
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from un- ‘not’ + kempt ‘combed’ (past participle of archaic kemb, related to comb).