grubby

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any species of Cottus; a sculpin. US,dialectal
形容词 adj.
  1. Dirty, unwashed, unclean.
    — He's a grubby little boy, always playing around by the stream.
  2. Disreputable, sordid. figuratively
    — I have in mind, in particular, the claim that has echoed through the liberal side of coronavirus-era debates — that the key to sound leadership in a pandemic is just to follow the science, to trust science and scientists, to do what experts suggest instead of letting mere grubby politics determine your response.
  3. Having grubs in it.
    — The United States Department of Agriculture states that grubs cost the livestock industry from $50,000,000 to $100,000,000 each year. The average devaluation on grubby cattle is from 25 cents to one dollar per cwt.

词形变化

grubbier comparative grubbiest superlative grubbies plural

词汇关系

衍生词
grubbily grubbiness

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English grub
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English grubby
From grub + -y.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English grub
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English grubby
From grub + -y.
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