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单词 scruffy
释义
scruffy
adjective
uk
/ˈskrʌf.i/us
/ˈskrʌf.i/
C2
untidyandlookinga littledirty:
邋遢的，不整洁的
Theylivein a scruffypartoftown.他们住在镇上乱糟糟的地段。
asmall, scruffy-lookingman一個邋里邋遢的矮个男人
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
  • look like something the cat brought/dragged inidiom
  • mangy
  • manky
  • messily
  • messy
  • mucky
  • sordid
  • sordidly
  • sordidness
  • squalid
  • straggly
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scruffily
(Definition ofscruffyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

scruffy| American Dictionary

scruffy
adjective
us
/ˈskrʌf·i/
oldanddirty;messy:
a scruffydenimjacket
(Definition ofscruffyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofscruffy

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That still does not prevent one on occasions from pointing out a piece ofscruffyand rotten legislation.
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Often they are loss-making,scruffyand down-market and provide only limited or poor quality services in an atmosphere of shabby, political agitprop.
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The modern caravan is more often than not a ratherscruffymobile home.
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What ascruffyplace it is nowadays, and how inadequate.
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One sees the generallyscruffyappearance of the entrance areas to so many hospitals.
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Nothing is more likely to attract litter than an overflowing,scruffylitter bin.
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Sometimes the idea of caravan or mobile home living conjures up the vision ofscruffyestates of caravans which are an eyesore.
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Some of it isscruffy— it is unnecessary to have those childish posters and political advertisements stuck up.
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Many of the young visitors arescruffy, most of them are over-hairy, and they have attracted the most hostile criticism.
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Responsible parents will not want to send their children to a school whose pupils lookscruffyand are noisy and badly behaved in public.
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Certainly in my part of the world there are old carriages and prettyscruffystations, but the numbers of people using rail travel are increasing.
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It may have been ascruffyhouse and that person may have had many children.
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He had literally signed that dirty,scruffysheet of paper and had not looked at how many noughts there were on it.
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Can we be assured that these ratherscruffyamendments are a true and accurate record of the proceedings in another place?
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The owners in that situation do not tidy up the dock but leave itscruffy, with the maximum dust and dirt.
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