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单词 grimy
释义
grimy
adjective
uk
/ˈɡraɪ.mi/us
/ˈɡraɪ.mi/
dirty:
肮脏
The child'sfacewas grimy andstreakedwithtears.那个孩子脸上满是污垢，还挂着道道泪痕。
Synonyms
cruddy
dirty(NOT CLEAN)
filthy(DIRTY)
grubby
grungyinformal
muckyinformal
soiled
squalid(DIRTY)disapproving
unclean
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
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!
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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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(Definition ofgrimyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgrimy

grimy
Others endured wooden benches ingrimyand over-crowded cars.
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The little sweep is duly transformed back from hisgrimy'savage' status to that of the former 'pretty' white boy.
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Furthermore, the coziness of the hearth indoors, while it added t o the outdoor pollution, was the only antidote to a degraded andgrimyurban environment.
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The trouble is that after things have been cleaned up they often getgrimyagain.
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I cannot accept that just because they live in thegrimynorth they should be treated worse.
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On a further occasion, the excuse was that the optics weregrimyand would not operate the equipment.
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It was said that the rooms weregrimywith dirt and were peeling off in patches, the damp oozing through the walls.
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They looked for a firm that could producegrimymen in hard hats shovelling things into furnaces, because that exemplified steel.
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I do not say that a man cannot enjoy a full and rich life in agrimyand ugly environment.
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Many of us were dirty, and certainly the poor women weregrimyas a result of the salvage work they were trying to do.
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Only those who live among thesegrimyhills fully understand how depressing they can be.
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One is very often faced with a smoky,grimy, dirty series of towns, with a quarter of the slums in the country.
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Noise in a visually attractive area is no less damaging than in the middle of agrimyold factory.
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What cannot be justified and can never succeed is an inferior service—agrimyshadow of main line services.
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She is overburdened with agrimymass of unproductive civil servants.
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