Word · Frequency #11928
filth
污秽，污物
disgustingly dirty or foul matter
指肮脏的物质如垃圾、污垢
- 1.
Dirt; foul matter; that which soils or defiles.
污垢；污物；使肮脏的东西
- 2.
any substance considered disgustingly foul or unpleasant
污物
- 3.
Smut; that which sullies or defiles the moral character; corruption; pollution.
淫秽；玷污道德品行的东西；腐败；污染
- 4.
the state of being covered with unclean things
肮脏
- 5.
a state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse
肮脏或恶心的污垢和垃圾状态
淫秽，猥亵；污垢；污物；使肮脏的东西；污物；淫秽；玷污道德品行的东西；腐败；污染；肮脏
In use
The kitchen floor was covered in filth and grease.
They lived in such filth that the health department had to intervene.
The magazine was banned for promoting filth and indecency.
be covered in filth
filth 指具体的污秽物，不可数。
The streets were covered in filth after the parade.
游行结束后，街道上覆盖着污物。
the filth of sth
用于比喻义，指道德败坏。
The novel exposes the filth of the city's underworld.
这部小说揭露了城市黑社会的污秽。
moral filth
moral filth 是常见搭配，指道德败坏。
Connections
Collocations
- filth and grime
- 污垢和尘垢
- The kitchen was covered in filth and grime.厨房里满是污垢和尘垢。
- wallow in filth
- 沉溺于污秽
- He seemed to wallow in filth and corruption.他似乎沉溺于污秽和腐败之中。
- live in filth
- 生活在肮脏中
- The refugees were forced to live in filth.难民们被迫生活在肮脏的环境中。
- moral filth
- 道德败坏
- The film was condemned as moral filth.这部电影被谴责为道德败坏。
- covered in filth
- 沾满污物
- The children came home covered in filth.孩子们回到家时浑身沾满污物。
Pop culture & quotes
Learner notes
Memory Tip
filth 以 fil- 开头，联想 fill（填满）：脏物填满屋子，就是污秽。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：日常口语、文学或新闻报道、道德或内容批评 该词语气较强，常带厌恶色彩。指具体污物时，多用于日常口语和文学描写，正式文体中较少直接使用；指淫秽内容时带有强烈道德谴责，比较常见于批评或审查语境。
Grammar Note
不可数名词，指污秽物或道德败坏
Pronunciation & Spelling
真正与 filth /fɪlθ/ 同韵的是 tilth /tɪlθ/。health /hɛlθ/、wealth /wɛlθ/、stealth /stɛlθ/ 虽然拼写都以 -lth 结尾，但元音是 /ɛ/，并不押韵；hilt /hɪlt/、silt /sɪlt/ 元音相近，但结尾是 /lt/，不是 /lθ/，也只是形近音异。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.