dirtying
弄脏,变脏,弄脏了,肮脏
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Definitions
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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.
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dirt·ied, dirt·y·ing.
- : to make or become dirty.
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- : 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.