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grotty + noun
grotty 常用来形容令人不快的地方、物品或情况。
They complained about the grotty food at the canteen.
他们抱怨食堂里的食物很糟糕。
坏的；恶劣的；龌龊的
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坏的；恶劣的；龌龊的
very unpleasant or offensive
They complained about the grotty food at the canteen.
他们抱怨食堂里的食物很糟糕。
坏的；恶劣的
s. very unpleasant or offensive
The hotel room was really grotty, so we asked for a different one.
那个酒店房间真的很脏乱，所以我们要求换一间。
I don't want to eat at that grotty cafe.
我不想在那家脏兮兮的咖啡馆吃饭。
He lives in a grotty little flat near the station.
他住在车站附近一所脏乱的小公寓里。
grotty 常用来形容令人不快的地方、物品或情况。
They complained about the grotty food at the canteen.
他们抱怨食堂里的食物很糟糕。
和 look 等感官动词连用时，强调视觉上令人不快。
The bathroom looked grotty, so we asked for another room.
浴室看起来脏兮兮的，于是我们要求换一间房。
too ... to ... 结构表示“太……以至于不能……”。
The sofa was too grotty to sit on.
那张沙发太脏了，没法坐。
Not this
This room is a grotty.
Use this
This room is grotty.
grotty 是形容词，意为“邋遢的、龌龊的”，不能直接加冠词 a 当名词用；描述主语状态时应直接作表语。
Not this
The milk smells grottily.
Use this
The milk smells grotty.
smell 在这里是系动词，后面应接形容词作表语，说明主语的状态，而不是用副词修饰。“闻起来很恶心”要说 The milk smells grotty。
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肮脏邋遢的公寓
We stayed in a grotty flat near the station.
我们住在车站附近一套肮脏邋遢的公寓里。
简陋肮脏的旅馆
The room was in a grotty hotel behind the bus depot.
这个房间在公交总站后面一家简陋肮脏的旅馆里。
恶劣的天气
We had grotty weather all week, so the trip was a washout.
整个星期天气都很恶劣，所以这次旅行泡汤了。
肮脏狭小的
He lives in a grotty little bedsit.
他住在一间肮脏狭小的单间公寓里。
又脏又旧的
I can't wear this grotty old sweater anymore.
我不能再穿这件又脏又旧的毛衣了。
这个房间又破又小。
Ringo Starr's line in the Beatles film A Hard Day's Night (1964), often credited with popularising the British slang 'grotty'.
林戈·斯塔尔在披头士乐队电影《一夜狂欢》（1964）中的台词，常被认为是让英国俚语“grotty”流行起来的出处。
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grotty 读音像‘格罗蒂’，可联想一个脏兮兮的洞窟（grotto），又坏又龌龊，环境恶劣。
语域：informal 常见场景：日常口语、英式非正式场合 grotty 是英式非正式用语，多用于日常口语，表示令人不快、肮脏或质量差的；正式场合较少使用。
这些词与 grotty（/ˈɡrɒti/）押韵，重读元音及之后的部分都是 /ɒti/。注意形近词 grotto /ˈɡrɒtəʊ/ 发音不同，并不押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.