词组 | dirty |
释义 | dirty /ˈdɜːti $ ˈdɜːr-/ adjective not cleannounsdirty clothes/socks/sheets etc My son leaves his dirty clothes all over the bedroom floor.dirty laundry/washing She put the dirty laundry in the washing machine.dirty dishes/plates There was a stack of dirty dishes in the sink.dirty hands/fingernails Don’t eat food with dirty hands.a dirty city/street/room/place They lived in a poor part of London, in a dirty street full of cheap bars.dirty window/glass He looked through the dirty window at the children playing outside.a dirty mark The coal had left a dirty mark on her white shirt.a dirty nappy BrE a dirty diaper AmE You should dispose of dirty nappies in a bin and not down the toilet.dirty water Drains carry the dirty water underground to the sewer.a dirty needle An injection using a dirty needle can cause serious diseases such as HIV.dirty work/job (=which makes you dirty) Working in the fields is hot dirty work.verbsget dirty How did you get so dirty?get/make sth dirty Don’t walk in the mud – you’ll get your shoes dirty.THESAURUS: dirty filthyclothes | streets | hands | room | window | water | river | conditions very dirty: His clothes were filthy, covered in dirt and blood. | The mayor plans to get citizens to clean up the city’s filthy streets. | She fell into the filthy water. | The animals were being kept in filthy conditions. squalid formalconditions | camp | housing | prison | room | mess | shanty town | slum | neighbourhood extremely dirty and unpleasant. Squalid sounds very disapproving and is used about the place or conditions in which someone lives: People are living in squalid conditions, with little water and no sanitation. | The refugees were forced to live in squalid camps. pollutedair | water | river | lake | land | soil | city | area | environment dirty and dangerous because of unwanted chemicals and gases from cars, factories etc: The air is heavily polluted because of all the fumes from the traffic. | The river is polluted and many fish have died. | Reducing car usage will help to clean up Britain’s polluted cities. contaminatedland | soil | water | food | meat | milk | site | area | needle | blood made dirty by a dangerous substance or bacteria: Cleaning up contaminated land is very expensive. | Thousands of people die every year from drinking contaminated water. | He became infected with HIV after being given contaminated blood. unhygienic formalconditions | practice | method | premises dirty in a way that is likely to cause diseases to spread: The food was prepared under unhygienic conditions. | Officials have blamed the infections on unhygienic practices at the hospital. | Wiping tables with a dirty cloth is unhygienic. unsanitary formal also insanitary BrEconditions | housing used about dirty conditions that are likely to cause diseases to spread, especially because there is not a good system for getting rid of waste: They work for long hours in unsanitary conditions. | People’s health is being threatened by overcrowded and insanitary housing. muddyboots | shoes | footprints | water | puddle | field | track | path | road covered with mud: She left her muddy boots by the door. | There were muddy footprints all over the white carpet. | Children like splashing in muddy puddles. | It had been raining hard and the path was muddy. grubbyhands | fingers | face | handkerchief | clothes | mark fairly dirty and needing to be cleaned or washed: The children put their grubby hands on the walls. | He pulled a grubby handkerchief out of his pocket. grimywindow | glass | face | street | city covered with thick dirt or dirt that has been there for a long time: I couldn’t see much out of the grimy windows of the train. | They spent the day walking round the cold grimy streets. greasyhair | skin | hands | fingers | overalls | mark covered with oil or grease: If your hair is greasy, you may need to wash it every day. | She wiped her greasy hands on the towel. | There was a greasy mark on his shirt. dingyroom | office | hotel | basement | apartment | building a dingy place looks dark, dirty, and unpleasant: The room had a small window and was rather dingy. | We worked in a dingy little office behind the station. dustyroad | street | track | town | room | book | shelf covered with dust: He cycled up the narrow dusty road. | The books were dusty and looked as though they hadn’t been read for a long time. mucky BrE informal covered with dirt or an unpleasant substance: I don’t want to get mucky. | We were filming in some pretty mucky conditions. | Plastic plates and mucky tables give a bad impression. soiled formalnappy | diaper | clothes | sheets | bedding | linen | mattress | dressing made dirty, especially by waste from your body: Soiled nappies should be changed as quickly as possible. | The dressing was heavily soiled with blood.ANTONYMS → clean1 (1) |
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