grubby
adjective
uk/ˈɡrʌb.i/us/ˈɡrʌb.i/informal
dirty:
(同 dirty)He waswearingsomeoldshortsand a grubbyT-shirt.他穿着一条破旧的短裤和一件脏兮兮的T恤衫。
Don'twipeyourgrubbyhandson mycleantowel!别拿我的干净毛巾擦你那脏手!
not clean
- dirtyThis shirt is dirty.
- filthyWash your hands before dinner - they're filthy!
- scruffyHe's the typical scruffy student.
- messyBen's bedroom is always really messy.
- grimyDon't wipe your grimy hands on that clean towel!
disapproving
If youdescribeanactivityor someone'sbehaviouras grubby, you do notthinkthat it ishonest,fair, oracceptable:
卑鄙的,可鄙的Sheseesthebusinessof makingmoneyas just grubbyopportunism.在她眼中,赚钱的生意只不过是可鄙的投机行为而已。
He doesn'twantthisstoryto get into the grubbyhandsof thetabloidpress(= to beobtainedbynewspapersthat are nothonestandfair).他不想让这件事情登到那些卑鄙下流的小报上去。
Dirty & untidy
- -stained
- all over the placeidiom
- Augean
- bedraggled
- besmeared
- bespattered
- bloodied
- insalubrious
- insanitary
- mangy
- manky
- messily
- messy
- mucky
- polluted
- sordid
- sordidly
- sordidness
- squalid
- straggly
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Humiliating and degrading