音标:['grʌbi] ; 柯林斯词典等级:1 级;
a. 污秽的, 肮脏的, 生蛆的
n. small sculpin of the coast of New England
a. infested with grubs
词型变化:名词复数形式 : grubbies ; 形容词比较级 : grubbier ; 形容词最高级 : grubbiest
词性分布:
形容词100%

grubby的用法和样例:

例句

用作形容词(adj.)
  1. I always feel grubby in the morning.我在早上总是觉得脏兮兮的。
  2. His shirt was clean but his shoes were grubby.虽然他的衬衣很干净,但是鞋子却很脏。
  3. Those grubby urchins ran to me and asked for candy.那群邋遢的小淘气们向我跑过来要糖果。
  4. Their grubby success will make business look dirtier still.但他们肮脏的发迹仍然会让商业看着更肮脏些。
  5. Prostitution may be a grubby business, but it's not the government's concern.卖淫也许是个污秽的行当,但却不关政府的事。

经典引文

  • I then washed my very grubby hands.

    出自:T. E. Lawrence
【近义词】

李华在学校租了一块花圃,让Larry来帮忙。李华今天要学两个常用语,get into和grubby. LL: I think it is great that you have rented a garden plot, Li Hua, but I don't think I can really get into gardening. LH: You don't think

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