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dirtiness

/dur-tee/US // ˈdɜr ti //UK // (ˈdɜːtɪ) //

肮脏,污垢,污秽,脏污

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
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    dirt·i·er, dirt·i·est.

    • : soiled with dirt; foul; unclean: dirty laundry.
    • : spreading or imparting dirt; soiling: dirty smoke.
    • : vile; mean; sordid; contemptible: to play a dirty trick on someone.
    • : obscene; pornographic; lewd: a dirty joke.
    • : undesirable or unpleasant; thankless: He left the dirty work for me.
    • : very unfortunate or regrettable: That's a dirty shame!
    • : not fair or sportsmanlike; unscrupulous: a dirty fighter.
    • : hostile, insulting, contemptuous, or resentful: She gave me a dirty look. He made a dirty crack about the cooking.
    • : producing a relatively large amount of radioactive fallout.
    • : stormy; squally: It looks dirty to windward.
    • : Informal. obtained through illegal or disreputable means: dirty money.
    • : appearing as if soiled; dark-colored; dingy; murky.
    • : Slang. using or in possession of narcotics.
    • : Foreign Exchange. manipulated, as by a central bank influencing or changing exchange rates.
  1. 1

    dirt·ied, dirt·y·ing.

    • : to make or become dirty.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : Informal. in a mean, unscrupulous, or underhand way: to play dirty.
    • : Informal. in a lewd manner: to talk dirty.

Phrases

  • dirty joke
  • dirty look, give a
  • dirty one's hands
  • dirty tricks
  • dirty work
  • down and dirty
  • wash one's dirty linen in public

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • That could prevent dirty tricks or an “October surprise” and give watchdogs time to fact-check statements.

  • The airlines provide barf bags, but the dirty secret is that people often don’t use them.

  • If you want to hurt him because you don’t like him and you want to exploit the connection because he has more cash than you, I guess you can do that, but it feels dirty.

  • Those that arrive damaged or dirty may never return to inventory.

  • That plant is one of the dirtiest in Texas, both in terms of climate and air quality impacts, according to a Rice University study.

  • She is the author of Dirty Entanglements: Corruption, Crime and Terrorism (Cambridge University Press).

  • I was so relieved, until I thought about my dirty pantyhose hanging on the shower at home.

  • If only Sulzberger had managed to keep a zipped upper lip while leaving the dirty work to anonymous underlings.

  • Not one Argentine Jesuit lost his life during the dirty war, and he managed to save dozens of people.

  • As Americans, we still have a right to air both our dirty laundry and our R-Rated films.

  • I'd have enjoyed punching his proud head, for all that; it was a dirty way to serve a man who had done his level best.

  • Shopkeepers not only occupied both sides of the crowded streets, but half their wares were exposed in and over the dirty gutters.

  • And in the incredibly small and incredibly dirty fastness of the stationmaster, they indeed found a Bradshaw.

  • What if his father insisted upon his going to London, and doing any other dirty work which these fellows chose to put upon him?

  • This water, although of a dirty and thick appearance, is said to possess the valuable quality of resisting putridity for years.