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shabby

/shab-ee/US // ˈʃæb i //UK // (ˈʃæbɪ) //

寒酸,寒酸的,破烂不堪,褴褛的

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ratty老鼠,鼠辈,小老鼠,老鼠的shoddy劣质,劣质品,劣质的,蹩脚的run-down崩溃,倒闭,崩溃的,倒闭的scruffy邋遢的,邋遢,邋遢的人,邋遢不堪decaying衰败的,腐朽的,颓废的,衰败dilapidated残破的,残旧的,残破不堪,残旧pitiful可怜的人,可怜的,悲惨的,凄惨的tattered破烂不堪的,破烂的,破烂不堪,破烂threadbare线状物,线状的,线状体,线状结构worn磨损的,破旧的,磨损,穿着的dingy杂乱无章,嘈杂,杂乱无章的,嘈杂的decrepit颓废的,颓然,颓废,衰败的desolate荒凉,凄凉,荒凉的,荒芜crummy蹩脚的,蹩脚,糟糕的,破烂的ramshackle破烂不堪,残破的,破旧不堪,残破不堪seedy狡猾的,狡猾的人,狡猾,狡猾的家伙squalid杂乱无章,肮脏的,杂乱无章的,无效的rickety颤颤巍巍,佝偻病,摇摇欲坠,颤颤巍巍的tacky俗气,粘性,俗气的,粘性大cheap廉价,廉价的,便宜的,便宜

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    shab·bi·er, shab·bi·est.

    • : impaired by wear, use, etc.; worn: shabby clothes.
    • : showing conspicuous signs of wear or neglect: The rooms on the upper floors of the mansion had a rather shabby appearance, as if they had not been much in use of late.
    • : wearing worn clothes or having a slovenly or unkempt appearance: a shabby person.
    • : run-down, seedy, or dilapidated: a shabby hotel.
    • : meanly ungenerous or unfair; contemptible, as persons, actions, etc.: shabby behavior.
    • : inferior; not up to par in quality, performance, etc.: a shabby rendition of the sonata.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.broken-down; in poor shape
Synonyms
crummy蹩脚的,蹩脚,糟糕的,破烂的decaying衰败的,腐朽的,颓废的,衰败decrepit颓废的,颓然,颓废,衰败的desolate荒凉,凄凉,荒凉的,荒芜dilapidated残破的,残旧的,残破不堪,残旧dingy杂乱无章,嘈杂,杂乱无章的,嘈杂的pitiful可怜的人,可怜的,悲惨的,凄惨的ramshackle破烂不堪,残破的,破旧不堪,残破不堪ratty老鼠,鼠辈,小老鼠,老鼠的rickety颤颤巍巍,佝偻病,摇摇欲坠,颤颤巍巍的run-down崩溃,倒闭,崩溃的,倒闭的scruffy邋遢的,邋遢,邋遢的人,邋遢不堪seedy狡猾的,狡猾的人,狡猾,狡猾的家伙shoddy劣质,劣质品,劣质的,蹩脚的squalid杂乱无章,肮脏的,杂乱无章的,无效的tacky俗气,粘性,俗气的,粘性大tattered破烂不堪的,破烂的,破烂不堪,破烂threadbare线状物,线状的,线状体,线状结构worn磨损的,破旧的,磨损,穿着的bare光光的,赤裸裸的,光光,裸露的bedraggled蓬头垢面,蓬头垢面的,衣衫褴褛,衣衫褴褛的decayed腐烂的,腐朽的,衰败的,腐烂degenerated堕落的,退化的,变质的,堕落的人deteriorated恶化的,恶化,恶化了,衰败的deteriorating恶化的,不断恶化,不断恶化的,恶化disfigured毁容的,毁容,损毁的,毁损的disreputable不名誉的,不光彩的,不名誉,不体面的dog-eared磨损的,已被遗忘的,已被遗忘,已被遗忘的东西faded褪色,淡淡的,淡化,淡出frayed磨损的,破损的,褶皱的,磨损gone to seed撒野了,撒手人寰,撒手不管了,撒野mangy癞子,癞皮,癞皮狗,癞皮病meager微薄的,微薄,微不足道,微不足道的mean意味着,是指,意思是说,意思是miserable悲惨的,凄惨的,凄惨,悲惨的事moth-eaten蠹虫蛀蚀,蠹虫,蠹虫害,蠹蚀neglected被忽视的,被忽略的,被忽视的人,被忽视的问题poor穷人,贫穷,可怜的,穷poverty-stricken穷困潦倒,穷困潦倒的,穷困的,贫穷ragged褴褛的,褴褛,褴褛不堪,破烂不堪ruined破败的,破败不堪,破败不堪的,毁掉的ruinous毁坏性的,破坏性的,毁坏性,破坏性scrubby灌木丛,灌木丛生,灌木丛中,灌木灌木sleazy懒散的,偷懒,懒惰的,懒散slipshod粗心大意,拙劣的,粗心大意的,拙劣tired累了,疲惫,疲劳,疲倦worn-out破旧的,破旧,破旧不堪的,破烂的worse for wear更糟糕的是,更糟的是,更为糟糕的是,更加糟糕的是wretched凄惨的,惨不忍睹,惨不忍睹的,凄惨
adj.despicable
Synonyms
cheap廉价,廉价的,便宜的,便宜shoddy劣质,劣质品,劣质的,蹩脚的beggarly卑鄙的,乞丐式的,乞丐式,乞丐contemptible蔑视,轻蔑,鄙视,卑鄙despisable可鄙的,可鄙,可悲的,可鄙的人dirty肮脏的,脏的,龌龊,脏兮兮的disgraceful不光彩的,不光彩,不名誉的,耻辱dishonorable不光彩的,不体面的,不名誉的,不体面disreputable不名誉的,不光彩的,不名誉,不体面的ignoble卑鄙无耻,卑鄙,卑鄙的,卑微的ignominious可耻的,可耻,不光彩的,可耻的是inconsiderate不周全,不周全的,不周,不周到inglorious不光彩的,不光彩,不光彩的事,不名誉的low低,低的,低位,低级low-down低调的,低调,低价,低端mean意味着,是指,意思是说,意思是mercenary雇佣兵,雇佣军,市侩,自私自利的人miserly吝啬的人,吝啬鬼,吝啬的,吝啬rotten腐烂的,腐烂,腐败的,腐朽scummy虚伪,卑鄙小人,虚伪的,卑鄙selfish自私的,自私,自私自利,自我shady阴暗,阴暗面,阴暗的,阴面shameful可耻,可耻的,无耻之徒,无耻sordid龌龊的,龌龊,肮脏的,污秽不堪的sorry对不起,抱歉,遗憾的是stingy小气,吝啬,悭吝,吝啬鬼thoughtless没心没肺,不加思索,不思进取,没心没肺的unkind无情的,无情,刻薄,刻薄寡恩unworthy不值得,不值得一提,不值得的,不值得一提的是

Examples

  • It was written in 1940 by Woody Guthrie, allegedly in a shabby hotel room just outside of Times Square—not on the 6, but close enough.

  • A friend sees Etta in a bookstore, in her shabby daily costume — a “wrinkled old evening gown” and sneakers.

  • More and more often, I settle into a shabby, cat-clawed wing chair with the day’s newspapers and periodically snort “Harrumph!”

  • Ever since I encountered the stunning Tepotztli tools, I’ve been side-eying my shabby cocktail set, quietly suppressing the urge to throw my old tools in the trash and order my dream set.

  • Neither is too shabby, considering how porous some other, more experienced clubs have been.

  • We met on the third floor of a shabby building in Asadabad in an impossibly spare room that we dragged cushions into.

  • Graterford is a forbidding, shabby, woebegone facility built in 1929.

  • It was such a lovely, shabby, many deco building town and completely unexploited.

  • Are all these setups, coincidences, misunderstandings, a shabby mass tabloid conspiracy, people on the make?

  • Not too shabby for a creature less than a year old who had never set a tentacle on the pitch.

  • The English have too much pride to be tricky or shabby, even in the essentially corrupting relation of buyer and seller.

  • The farmer stooped down, and raised the shabby bonnet from the face of the woman to examine her more carefully.

  • He turned into an alley, down which, nautically speaking, he rolled into a shabby little court.

  • She still wore the shabby lace and the artificial bunch of violets on the side of her head.

  • I am sure there is nothing lower, or more mean and shabby, than getting places and praise a fellow does not deserve.

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