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dishevelled
(a.)散亂的;蓬散的
Di·shev·el v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disheveled or Dishevelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Disheveling or Dishevelling.]
1. To suffer (the hair) to hang loosely or disorderly; to spread or throw (the hair) in disorder; -- used chiefly in the passive participle.
With garments rent and hair disheveled,
Wringing her hands and making piteous moan. --Spenser.
2. To spread loosely or disorderly.
Like the fair flower disheveled in the wind. --Cowper.
di·shev·eled, di·shev·elled a.
1. Hanging in loose disorder; disarranged; in disarray; not made neat; -- used especially of hair or clothing; as, disheveled hair.
2. Having the hair in loose disorder.
The dancing maidens are disheveled Mænads. --J. A. Symonds.
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dishevel
v : disarrange or rumple; dishevel; "The strong wind tousled my
hair" [syn: tousle, tangle]
[also: dishevelling, dishevelled]
dishevelled
adj : in disarray; extremely disorderly; "her clothing was
disheveled"; "powder-smeared and frowzled"; "a rumpled
unmade bed"; "a bed with tousled sheets"; "his brown
hair was tousled, thick, and curly"- Al Spiers [syn: disheveled,
frowzled, rumpled, tousled]