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

• 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，是妓女、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。
• 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。
• He struck himself on the forehead with his grimy hand, and felt that his entire head was as bald and smooth as his beardless chin.
  他又用又黑又脏的手摸了摸前额，突然发现他的整个脑袋又秃又平，长胡子的地方也同样如此。
• 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。
• A curious fetichistic fear of this grimy volume on the part of her mother prevented her ever allowing it to stay in the house all night, and hither it was brought back whenever it had been consulted.
  对这本恐怖的书，她的母亲有一种奇怪的物神崇拜的恐惧，从来不敢整夜把它放在屋内，所以每次用完以后，都要把它送回原处。
• A miner's begrimed face; dingy linen; grimy hands; grubby little fingers; a grungy kitchen.
  矿工积满灰尘的脸；肮脏的亚麻布；肮脏的手；肮脏的小手指；肮脏的厨房。
• With its clear rules, an easy-to-navigate layout and the membership system that transforms anonymous sites into trustworthy suppliers, Alibaba is like a shiny, bright, well-kept supermarket compared with grimy streetmongers.
  明确的规则、易于浏览的页面布局和化匿名网站为可靠供应商的会员制度，让阿里巴巴看上去就像一家光亮整洁的超市，是那些肮脏的街头小贩遥不可及的。
• 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。
• There was not a porthole on the grimy glass of which you might not have written with your finger "Dirty pig"; and she had already written it on several.
  没有一个舷窗的玻璃不脏，你都能在上面用手指写出脏猪的字样；她已经在几个舷窗上写下了。
• 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。