Word · Frequency #19712
grimed
/ɡraɪm/
verb
弄脏；使沾上污垢
grimed is the past of grime.
to make dirty; cover with grime
- 1.
To begrime; to cake with dirt.
弄脏；沾满污垢
- 2.
make soiled, filthy, or dirty
使弄脏、弄污
弄脏；沾满污垢；使弄脏、弄污；使污秽；使...弄脏
In use
He grimed his hands while fixing the old engine.
The kids grimed their clothes playing in the mud.
Smoke from the factory grimes the windows of nearby houses.
Verb forms
base grime · third person grimes · -ing griming · past grimed · past participle grimed
Connections
Collocations
- grimed with soot
- 沾满煤灰
- The old factory walls were grimed with soot.旧工厂的墙壁沾满了煤灰。
- grimed hands
- 沾满污垢的双手
- His grimed hands showed years of hard work.他那沾满污垢的双手显示出多年辛劳。
- grimed by pollution
- 被污染弄脏
- The city's monuments were grimed by pollution.这座城市的纪念碑被污染弄得污秽不堪。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想记忆：想象 gray（灰）与 slime（黏液）混在一起变成 grime，灰泥沾到身上就是“弄脏”。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：literary writing、formal prose 作为动词，grime 多用于正式或文学性语境，常以被动形式出现（如 be grimed with dirt）；日常口语更常用 get dirty 或 be covered in dirt。
Grammar Note
及物动词，后接宾语
Pronunciation & Spelling
真正同韵（/aɪm/）：time, crime, slime, chime。注意形近异音：grim 读 /ɡrɪm/，regime 的 -ime 读 /iːm/，都不与 grime 押韵。
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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