shabby
a. 衣衫褴褛的, 低劣的, 破旧的, 吝啬的, 卑鄙的
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教材释义与例句
破旧的；卑鄙的；吝啬的；低劣的
shabby clothes, places, or objects are untidy and in bad condition because they have been used for a long time
Hugh's jacket was old and shabby.
休的夹克衫又旧又破。
a shabby little restaurant
一家肮脏的小餐馆
释义与例句
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1.
To make (something) shabby (adjective sense 1); to shabbify.
及物 -
2.
To become shabby; to shabbify.
不及物
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1.
Of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect; scruffy.
破旧
They lived in a tiny apartment, with some old, shabby furniture.
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2.
Of a person: wearing ragged or very worn, and often dirty, clothing.
破烂
The fellow arrived looking rather shabby after journeying so far.
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3.
Of a person, their behaviour, etc.: despicable, mean; also, not generous; stingy, tight-fisted.
卑鄙
刻薄
比喻shabby treatment
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4.
Poor in quality; also, showing little effort or talent.
比喻His painting is not too shabby.
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5.
Poor in quality; also, showing little effort or talent.
Of the pulse: thready, weak.
古体 比喻 医学 -
6.
Poor in quality; also, showing little effort or talent.
Of weather: wet and dreary.
英国 方言 比喻 非正式 -
7.
Poor in quality; also, showing little effort or talent.
Chiefly of sheep: affected by shab or scab (“a skin disease”); scabby.
英国 方言 比喻 生物 医学 动物学
词汇关系
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近义相关 3
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词源
The adjective is derived from shab (“(obsolete except UK, dialectal) scaly skin disease; skin disease of sheep; crust forming over wound, scab”) + -y (suffix meaning ‘having the quality of’ forming adjectives). The verb is derived from the adjective. Cognates * Dutch schabbig (“poor, needy, shabby”) * Middle High German schebic (modern German schäbig (“shabby”)) * Middle Low German schabbich (“miserable”) (modern Low German schabbig, schäbbig) * Scots shabby (“in poor health, ill”) * Swedish sjabbig (“shabby, mangy, scruffy”), skabbig (“scabby”)
来源：wiktionary