grimy

英 [ˈɡraɪmi]

美 [ˈɡraɪmi]

adj.  沾满污垢的; 满是灰尘的

比较级：grimier　

IELTS

BNC.16113 / COCA.15467

牛津词典

adj.

• 沾满污垢的；满是灰尘的
  covered with dirt
  1. grimy hands/windows
     沾满污垢的手；满是灰尘的窗户

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 满是污垢的；肮脏的
  Something that isgrimyis very dirty.
  1. ...a grimy industrial city.
     肮脏的工业城市

英英释义

adj

• thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot
  1. a miner's begrimed face
  2. dingy linen
  3. grimy hands
  4. grubby little fingers
  5. a grungy kitchen
  Synonym:begrimeddingygrubbygrungyraunchy

双语例句

• The recent arrival of Chinese traders in the grimy alleys of Soweto market in Lusaka halved the cost of chicken.
  近期进入卢萨卡索韦托市场的污秽小巷的中国商人使得鸡肉价格减半。
• A disgusting, grimy, stinking drunk had been watching all this with great interest.
  一个脏兮兮、臭烘烘的醉汉饶有兴趣地观察着这一切。
• Winston could not remember ever to have seen a passageway whose walls were not grimy from the contact of human bodies.
  温斯顿还记不起曾经在什么地方看到过有一条过道的墙上不是由于人体的接触而弄得污黑的。
• The children who crowd these grimy alleys, half-clad and underfed, shrink away from your outstretched hand as if from a blow.
  小孩子们全都挤在这些污秽不堪的巷子里，他们衣不蔽体，食不果腹；在你向他们伸出双手时，他们怯懦地闪退一旁，如同被一阵风吹散。
• It used to be something of a no-go area, a stalking ground for prostitutes, smugglers and drug traffickers, but has since reinvented itself as a chic, if grimy, staging post for holidaymakers to Asia.
  这里曾被视为某种禁区，是***、走私贩和毒品贩出没的地方，不过自此以后，已自我改造成亚洲度假者的时髦补给站，只是有些肮脏。
• He could see grimy roofs, factory chimneys and church spires.
  他可以看到肮脏的屋顶，工厂的烟囱和教堂的尖顶。
• There are some superficial excitements here, in that the younger characters get up to things that Harry probably never dreamed of: taking drugs, swearing, self-harming, having grimy casual sex, singing along to Rihanna.
  这里有一些肤浅的兴奋，年轻的人物接触的是哈利大概做梦也没想到的事：吸毒，诅咒，自残，滥交，一路高歌蕾哈娜的歌曲。
• Within the envelope there was a piece of folded paper, grimy from the dirty pocket in which it had been carried, creased and ragged about the edges.
  信封里装着一张折叠的信笺，因为被带信人揣在肮脏的口袋里弄得灰糊糊的而且有点破了。
• A few blocks east, he arrived at Mars Bar, the grimy dive where tourists go in search of authentic punks and authentic punks go to start drinking at midday.
  接着他又向东走了几个街区来到MarsBar酒吧。游客经常来这里寻找真正的朋克，而朋克们常在中午来这里喝酒。
• But at the palace, a floating casino in an ideal spot near the ferry from Hong kong, the carpet is worn, the grimy dining room is empty and on the gambling floors upstairs there is not a single punter.
  但是在王宫，一个移动赌场位于澳港渡口理想位置，地毯磨损、污秽的饭厅空荡荡，楼上的地板上没有空无一人。