“Have you ever seen anything so homely ?” I asked Shirley. “He’s adorable, ” she answered admiringly.

“你以前见到过这么难看的狗吗?”我问雪莉。“它挺可爱的，”她赞赏地回答。

Edward sang the ditty with a simple, homely style-which was the same as saying with no style at all-and he made use of much pathos

爱德华演唱这曲小调的风格是单纯朴质的--这就等于说没有风格可言。而且，他在歌中充注了大量哀愁。

a homely meal

便饭.

Not attractive or beautiful;homely .

不好看的，不漂亮的没有吸引力或不美丽的;朴实的

homely virtues

纯朴的美德.

In those homely sayings was couched the collective wisdom of generations.

词句虽朴实无华，却蕴藏着一代又一代人的智慧。

For more homely Hobbit types, NZ has many other attractions to enjoy--rambling countryside, a glorious coastline and plenty of sedate places to sit and enjoy the amazing views

而对于喜欢宁静与平和的游者来说,新西兰还有更多田园式风格的美景--漫无边际的乡村、壮丽的海岸线以及众多可以坐下来享受美景的静谧之地。

Is the Welfare Right Personal or Homely ?-The Reform of Welfare Providing the Hot System and the Reconstruction of Social Fairness with the Gender View

福利权利是个人的还是家庭的?-从性别视角看福利供热制度改革与社会公平重建

Show me a genuine case of platonic friendship and I shall show you two old or homely faces.

给我看看柏拉图式友爱的实例好了，那我就会给你看看两个老头老太太的脸或是两张大丑脸。

Mrs. Han was very homely with her red hair and freckled face, which looked like flyspecks on a cake, but her manner was so lively that she seemed electrifying

韩太太虽然相貌丑，红头发，满脸雀斑，像面饼上苍蝇下的粪，而举止活泼得通了电似的。

a homely fireside scene

家庭的炉边情景.

More homely galaxies, too, may be controlled by their starbursts

较为普通的星系，同样有可能受制于星群爆发。

Her homely face was full of pride.

她那张相貌平平的脸上充满了骄傲的神情。

She realizes with a sudden wave of sympathy that Charlotte, a rather homely girl of advancing years, married Mr. Collins out of necessity, fearing a lonely and poverty-stricken life as an old maid.

她心中蓦地涌起一股同情，意识到夏绿蒂只是因相貌平平，年龄日见增长，由于害怕成为老姑娘，过孤独、贫寒的生活才不得已嫁给了柯林斯先生。

Ervin, for all his affected distraction and homely manner, was a sharp, resourceful and intensely partisan political animal.

尽管欧文装出一副满不在乎和貌不惊人的样子,但他却是一个敏锐,机智,而且极有门户之见的政治动物。

Lindemann could decipher the signals from the experts on the far horizons and explain to me in lucid, homely terms what the issues were

林德曼能够辩认专家们从遥远的地方发来的信号，并用简明的通俗话给我解释是什么问题。

Luke’s homely , unpretending style, and his pleasing address catch the ear of the people.’

卢克朴实而不矜持的作风以及讨人喜欢的谈吐使得人们都很愉快。

Mary was a homely girl.

玛丽其貌不扬。

a homely looking woman

模样朴素的妇女.

The psychologist explained my problem in homely terms.

那位心理学家用浅显的词语解释了我的问题。

Home keeping youth have ever homely wits.--William Shakespeare

年轻人株守家园，见闻总是限于一隅。--莎士比亚

Home is home, be it ever so homely .

虽然简陋，家总是家。

He stirred round the homely mess with a look of aversion, and affirmed he could not eat it

他把这粗点心搅了一搅，根本看不上眼，声明他设法吃这种东西。

He was a dapper little Irishman, very vain, homely as a monkey

他是个短小精干的爱尔兰人，非常自负，丑得象只猴子。

A smile often illumines a homely face

微笑能使相貌平平的人脸上生辉。

whereupon the homely President told a little story: “When I was a young man in Illinois,” said he, “I boarded for a time with a deacon of the Presbyterian church.

为此，朴实的总统先生讲了一个小故事:“我年轻的时候，”他说，“曾有一段时间寄宿在伊利诺伊州一位长老会的执事家里。

We had a homely meal of bread and cheese

我们吃了一顿面包加乳酪的家常便餐。

I don’t think Connie is a homely woman.

我认为康妮不是个朴实的女人(英国英语);我认为康妮不是个丑女人(美国英语)

Home is home, though it be ever so homely

无论如何,家总是家;金窝银窝,不如自家狗窝

a buffoon with homely features

相貌难看的小丑.