| 词汇 | grimy |
| 释义 | grimy adjective uk /ˈɡraɪ.mi/ us /ˈɡraɪ.mi/ dirty: 脏的，弄脏的 The child's face was grimy and streaked with tears.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 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! Dirty & untidy all over the placeidiom Augean besmeared bespattered bloodied look like something the cat brought/dragged inidiom manky messily messy mucky sluttish sluttishly soiled sordid sordidly unsterilized untidily untidy untrimmed unwashed Examples of grimygrimy Others endured wooden benches in grimy and over-crowded cars. The little sweep is duly transformed back from his grimy 'savage' status to that of the former 'pretty' white boy. Furthermore, the coziness of the hearth indoors, while it added t o the outdoor pollution, was the only antidote to a degraded and grimy urban environment. The trouble is that after things have been cleaned up they often get grimy again. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I cannot accept that just because they live in the grimy north they should be treated worse. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 On a further occasion, the excuse was that the optics were grimy and would not operate the equipment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was said that the rooms were grimy with dirt and were peeling off in patches, the damp oozing through the walls. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They looked for a firm that could produce grimy men in hard hats shovelling things into furnaces, because that exemplified steel. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not say that a man cannot enjoy a full and rich life in a grimy and ugly environment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many of us were dirty, and certainly the poor women were grimy as a result of the salvage work they were trying to do. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Only those who live among these grimy hills fully understand how depressing they can be. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One is very often faced with a smoky, grimy, dirty series of towns, with a quarter of the slums in the country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Noise in a visually attractive area is no less damaging than in the middle of a grimy old factory. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What cannot be justified and can never succeed is an inferior service—a grimy shadow of main line services. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 She is overburdened with a grimy mass of unproductive civil servants. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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