sordid

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a. 肮脏的, 贪婪的, 卑鄙的, 恶劣的, 暗淡的 [医] 污色的

发音

UK /ˈsɔː.dɪd/
US /ˈsɔɹdɪd/

词形变化

sordider 比较级 sordider sordidest sordidest 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible.

    卑鄙

    下贱

  2. 2.

    Dirty or squalid.

    不洁

    污秽

  3. 3.

    Morally degrading.

    I know it sounds sordid but you'll be rewarded, when at last I've been given my dues.

    It is a sordid business, this divvying us up by race.

  4. 4.

    Grasping; stingy; avaricious.

  5. 5.

    Of a dull colour.

    生物

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 7

dirty sleazy shoddy seedy squalid seamy flyblown

近义相关 6

dirty corrupt unclean soiled disreputable acquisitive

词源

Etymology tree Latin sordēs Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *-ēō Latin -eō Latin sordeō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Latin -idus Latin sordidusder. Middle English sordid ▲ Latin sordiduslbor. French sordideder. English sordid From Middle English sordide, from Latin sordidus. Alternatively from French sordide.

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