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

• London is so big, grimy and unwieldy you often end the day feeling you have just paid a fortune to run a marathon in a coal mine.
  伦敦庞大、肮脏、行动不便，你在结束一天的忙碌时，往往感觉自己花了大钱，却只是在煤矿里跑马拉松。
• Mandalay's grimy disarray belies its role as Burma's cultural and religious centre of Buddhism.
  曼德勒的肮脏无序掩盖了它作为缅甸文化中心和佛教圣地的地位。
• Texas artist Scott Wade paints amazingly detailed images on grimy car windows.
  得克萨斯州艺术家斯科特韦德油漆惊人详细的图像上脏兮兮的车窗。
• I feel grimy just asking the question, since so many campaigns now try to justify as "good for the economy" reduced obesity, equal rights for gay couples, an end to racism or a cure for dementia.
  光是提出这个问题我就感到内心阴暗，因为如今有很多宣传活动试图将减肥、同性恋情侣平等权利、终结种族主义和治疗痴呆症冠以“有益经济”之名。
• You've been seated, they've given you water and bread, and you decide-because the place is a bit grimy or too expensive, or nothing on its menu is appealing-that you want to leave.
  你已经坐了下来。有人给你上水和面包，然后因为这个地方有点不太干净或价格太贵，或者菜单上没什么能让你感兴趣于是，你决定离开。
• 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。
• The thin phone book was grimy from being thumbed by filling station hands.
  薄薄的电话薄让油污的手指翻得黑不溜秋。
• 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。
• 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。