grime英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

Dirt, grease, soot, etc. that is ingrained and difficult to remove. uncountable

— Underneath all that soot, dirt and grime is the true beauty of the church in soft shades of sandstone.
A genre of urban music that emerged in London, England, in the early 2000s, primarily a development of UK garage, dancehall, and hip hop. uncountable

动词 v.

To begrime; to cake with dirt. transitive

— All grimed with coaldust, they swing along the street with their dinner baskets and cans in their hands, chattering merrily.

词形变化

grimes present,singular,third-person griming participle,present grimed participle,past grimed past

词汇关系

衍生词

degrime grimeless grimester grimy grindie gunk rhythm and grime

词源

词源 1

From Middle English grim (“dirt or soot covering the face”), from a specialized use of Old English grīma (“mask”), from Proto-West Germanic *grīmō, from Proto-Germanic *grīmô (“mask”).
Likely influenced by dialectal Dutch grijmsel (“grit, grime”), Dutch grijm (“soot, grime”), Middle Dutch gryme (“mask”), Middle Low German greme (“dirt”), compare Danish grime (“a halter”), Danish grimet (“soiled, stripy”), Norwegian Bokmål grimete (“soiled, stripy”), Norwegian Nynorsk grimete (“soiled, stripy”).

词源 2

From Middle English grim (“dirt or soot covering the face”), from a specialized use of Old English grīma (“mask”), from Proto-West Germanic *grīmō, from Proto-Germanic *grīmô (“mask”).
Likely influenced by dialectal Dutch grijmsel (“grit, grime”), Dutch grijm (“soot, grime”), Middle Dutch gryme (“mask”), Middle Low German greme (“dirt”), compare Danish grime (“a halter”), Danish grimet (“soiled, stripy”), Norwegian Bokmål grimete (“soiled, stripy”), Norwegian Nynorsk grimete (“soiled, stripy”).