scrappy
adjective
uk/ˈskræp.i/us/ˈskræp.i/scrappyadjective(NOT IMPRESSIVE)
UK
badlyorganizedor put together:
不连贯的;散乱的;杂凑的I'mafraidyourlastessaywas a very scrappypieceofwork.很遗憾,你上一篇文章写得很没有条理。
We were scrappy in the firsthalfanddeservedtolose.我们在上半场表现毫无章法,输了是应该的。
untidyand not veryattractiveor welldeveloped:
不整洁的;不吸引人的Theyliveon a scrappystreetin apoorpartoftown.他们住在镇上贫困地段的一条杂乱的街道上。
apatchof scrappybushesby thefrontdoor大门边的一块杂乱的树丛
Dirty & untidy
- -stained
- all over the placeidiom
- Augean
- bedraggled
- besmeared
- bespattered
- bloodied
- insalubrious
- insanitary
- look like something the cat brought/dragged inidiom
- mangy
- manky
- messily
- messy
- mucky
- sordid
- sordidly
- sordidness
- squalid
- straggly
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Not attractive to look at
scrappyadjective(DETERMINED)
US
having astrong,determinedcharacter, andwillingtoargueorfightfor what youwant:
爱吵架的,好斗的a scrappy littlekidwho won't take no for ananswer从不妥协的好斗的小孩
Bigcompaniesarelosingmarketshareto scrappysmalleroperators.大公司的市场份额正被敢打敢拼的小经营商抢走。
Bad-tempered
- argumentative
- bad-tempered
- be hell on wheelsidiom
- be like a bear with a sore headidiom
- be spoiling for a fightidiom
- grumpily
- grumpiness
- grumpy
- have a short fuseidiom
- hell
- petulance
- petulant
- petulantly
- pugnacious
- pugnacity
- testily
- testiness
- testy
- tetchily
- tetchiness