Word
filthiness
污秽；肮脏；不洁
The state of being filthy; foulness; impurity; also, something that is filthy or causes corruption.
- 1.
The property of being filthy.
肮脏的性质。
肮脏的性质。；污秽；肮脏；不洁
In use
The filthiness of the abandoned house made it uninhabitable.
He was shocked by the moral filthiness depicted in the novel.
The workers cleaned the filthiness off the equipment before use.
the filthiness of sth
表示某物或某处的肮脏状态。
The filthiness of the river shocked the residents.
那条河的污秽程度令居民震惊。
adj + filthiness
形容词修饰，可指抽象或具体污秽。
Moral filthiness is often condemned in literature.
道德上的污秽常常在文学中受到谴责。
filthiness in sth
表示在某领域或范围内的污秽。
They protested against filthiness in public places.
他们抗议公共场所的肮脏。
Common mistakes
The room was filled with a filthiness.The room was filled with filthiness.
filthiness为不可数名词，前不能加不定冠词a。
His clothes were full of filthy.His clothes were full of filthiness.
介词of后应接名词，而非形容词filthy。
The filthness of the river was shocking.The filthiness of the river was shocking.
正确拼写为filthiness，中间有两个i。
Connections
Confusing words
Word family
- filthinesses
- plural
Learner notes
Grammar Note
不可数名词，表示状态或性质
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。
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