be grungy
多用于非正式语境,表示肮脏、邋遢。
His old apartment is grungy.
他的旧公寓很脏。
脏的;邋遢的;满是污垢的
先理解核心含义,再看它在真实句子里的用法。
脏的;邋遢的;满是污垢的
thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot
His old apartment is grungy.
他的旧公寓很脏。
(美式俚语)常形容因积垢而显得邋遢的样子。
肮脏的;破旧的;失修的。
Dirty; shabby; in disrepair.
垃圾摇滚乐的,或与其相关的。
Of or relating to grunge music.
He wore an old grungy T-shirt to paint the garage.
他穿着一件又旧又脏的T恤去给车库刷漆。
The apartment was grungy, so we spent the whole day cleaning.
那间公寓又脏又乱,所以我们花了一整天打扫。
I don't want to sit on that grungy sofa in the basement.
我不想坐在地下室里那张邋遢的沙发上。
多用于非正式语境,表示肮脏、邋遢。
His old apartment is grungy.
他的旧公寓很脏。
作定语时放在名词前,语气较口语化。
She wore a grungy old T-shirt.
她穿着一件又脏又旧的T恤衫。
比较级为 grungier,最高级为 grungiest。
The kitchen gets grungier if you don't clean it.
厨房不打扫会越来越脏。
Not this
This room is more grungy than the other one.
Use this
This room is grungier than the other one.
grungy 是以 -y 结尾的双音节形容词,比较级应把 y 变 i 加 -er,而不是复用 more。
Not this
I hate the grungy of this kitchen.
Use this
I hate the grunginess of this kitchen.
grungy 是形容词,不能直接作名词;要表达“脏、邋遢的状态”,需要用其名词形式 grunginess。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
邋遢的衣服
He wore grungy clothes to the party.
他穿着邋遢的衣服去聚会。
脏乱的公寓
Their grungy apartment was full of old pizza boxes.
他们脏乱的公寓里堆满了旧披萨盒。
邋遢的外表
The singer's grungy look became a fashion trend.
这位歌手的邋遢外表成了一种时尚潮流。
破旧肮脏的酒吧
We found a grungy bar near the station.
我们在车站附近找到一家破旧肮脏的酒吧。
又脏又旧的牛仔裤
She refused to throw away her grungy jeans.
她拒绝扔掉她又脏又旧的牛仔裤。
肮脏的地下室
The band practiced in a grungy basement.
乐队在一个肮脏的地下室里排练。
Use grungy naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
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想起「grunge」摇滚风:邋遢、满是污垢,就像 grungy 的脏乱感。
语域:informal 常见场景:casual conversation、describing dirty or grimy places or objects 该词表示“脏的、邋遢的”时属于美式俚语,多用于非正式口语,例如日常聊天或描写脏乱的环境;正式书面语中较少使用。
美国俚语,多用于口语,常含贬义,形容肮脏、邋遢或质量低劣。
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