| 单词 | grotty |
| 释义 | grotty adjective UKinformaluk/ˈɡrɒt.i/us/ˈɡrɑː.t̬i/unpleasantor ofbadquality: 令人讨厌的，令人不悦的；低劣的a grotty littleroom简陋的小房间 Informal words for bad
Examplesofgrottygrotty It is in agrottystate at the moment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Usually their home would be a couple of rooms in agrottyprivate landlord's domain, which was not satisfactory. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 A seat belt in my car is in agrottystate, having been trapped in the door several times. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Five years were spent under prettygrottymanagement, although before then the management was good. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If people live in a place that is in a prettygrottystate, they are less likely to want to acquire responsibility for it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 People become trapped in high-rise,grotty, rundown houses from which they cannot be transferred. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a "grotty" and, indeed, an undignified motion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Often they say that they were offered a house, but that it was prettygrottybecause no repairs had been carried out. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 By "bed and breakfast" we meangrottyand mean hotels, those places which are despicable, vile and overcrowded. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Was it agrottyhospital to work in—although presumably staff had not had that problem before? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Nobody wants to live in thosegrottyestates that were built in those years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Among today's pensioners and people approaching retirement age, it is always women who havegrottypensions or poor pension rights. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It sends the name down to the housing department which groans and tries to find agrottyflat on some estate in which to put the young person. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Not only are they penalised for having brought up children by receiving agrottypension, but they will be penalised again through receiving a grotty savings credit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There are one or twogrottystalls, but no customer with any sense will go to agrottystall, or if he goes once he will not go again. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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