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单词 grubby
释义
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！
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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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。
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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Humiliating and degrading
(Definition ofgrubbyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

grubby| American Dictionary

grubby
adjective
us
/ˈɡrʌb·i/
dirtyormessy:
grubbyoldclothes
(Definition ofgrubbyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgrubby

grubby
The waiter brought over agrubbydocument, creased at the corners and covered with tea stains.
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Escalators are static; stations aregrubbyand squalid.
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Who will get theirgrubbyhands on it?
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If we ensure that they are only asgrubbyand dirty as circumstances almost compel us to accept, it will not be too bad.
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Rasputin would be rubbing hisgrubbylittle mitts with glee.
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Does he agree that this rathergrubbytour gives all the wrong signals?
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Having to start or finish a journey in agrubby, poorly planned and overcrowded terminus is demoralising to both passengers and operators.
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There is no more to it than thegrubbybusiness of being a street politician getting by from one problem to the next.
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They are agrubby, dirty business and are taken by people who are inadequate.
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We must be careful about using words such as "shabby"and"grubby" in this context.
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One is as neat and cosy as the other isgrubbyand bare.
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Now, only 15 months afterwards, we find themgrubbyin their performance.
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Our forefathers certainly gave us a good deal—and these folk want to get theirgrubbyhands on it.
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One of the big hotels offered the use of its bathrooms to people who were not only dishoused, but a bitgrubby.
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All that was occasionally available was somegrubbything with four pages.
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