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  • Conjugation : past  dirtied ; ing  dirtying ; more  dirtier ; most  dirtiest
  • Derivatives : n  dirtiness ; adv  dirtily
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

dirty ['dəːtɪ]
  1. 1. adjective [+clothes] [ face etc] 脏的
  2. 2. adjective [+joke] [ magazine] 黄色的
  3. 3. vt. [+clothes] [ face etc] 弄脏

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

dirty [ˈdɜːrtɪ]
  1. 1. adjective 脏的肮脏
    The dirty car needed a car wash.
    那辆脏车需要清洗一下
    Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves.
    灰姑娘干着脏活,而她的姐妹们却正在打扮自己
    Mining is a dirty job.
    采矿是个脏活。
  2. 2. adjective 下流的,黄色的淫秽
    I will not listen to dirty jokes in the office or at home.
    从来不在办公室或家听黄段子。
  3. 3. adjective 卑鄙的,卑劣的,丑恶
    You may even have heard some of these dirty rumors yourself.
    可能已经听说一些卑劣传言
  4. 4. adjective 污染性的
    The dirty river was flowing towards the border.
    那条被污染的河正流向边境
    It is nearly impossible to breathe in this dirty air.
    这样污浊空气里,几乎不能喘气
    The air near the foundry was always dirty.
    铸造厂附近空气总是很脏。
    A dirty bomb releases enormous amounts of long-lived radioactive fallout.
    脏弹释放无数长寿命的放射性尘埃
  5. 5. adjective 具有传染性的带有传染性物质的
    He has lived with a dirty disease since childhood.
    从小就患有传染病
  6. 6. adjective 鲜艳的暗淡的
    Wearing dirty shoes inside the house is forbidden.
    允许穿脏鞋进屋。
  7. 7. adjective 篡改
    A dirty copy was sitting in the director's chair.
    一份弄皱文稿放在主管椅子上。
  8. 8. adjective 非法获得的,以不正当手段取得
    He had failed to repay a large amount of the dirty money.
    未能偿还大笔不义之财
  9. 9. adjective 敌意的,不友善的
    He gave me a dirty look as I walked into the club.
    当我走进俱乐部时候,他狠狠地瞪了我一眼
  10. 10. adjective 严重犯规的,没有体育精神的
    A dirty boxer will never be respected.
    一个不守规则拳击手不会受人尊重
  11. 11. adjective 不诚实的不道德的;缺乏职业道德
    Dirty politicians are dime a dozen in this town.
    这个镇上居住着很多不诚实的政客
  12. 12. adjective [Navigation] 风雨交加的,暴风雨的
    There's dirty weather in the offing.
    恶劣天气就要来临了。
  13. 13. adverb 卑鄙地,不光彩地
  14. 14. verb 弄脏,(使)变脏
    He dirtied his brand new white line shirt.
    弄脏他的新白条衬衫

Collins English-English Dictionary

dirty ['d3ːtɪ]
  1. 1. adj covered or marked with dirt; filthy
  2. 2. adj obscene; salacious
    dirty books
  3. 3. adj sexually clandestine
    a dirty weekend
  4. 4. adj causing one to become grimy
    a dirty job
  5. 5. adj (of a colour) not clear and bright; impure
  6. 6. adj unfair; dishonest; unscrupulous; unsporting
  7. 7. adj mean; nasty
    a dirty cheat
  8. 8. adj scandalous; unkind
    a dirty rumour
  9. 9. adj revealing dislike or anger
    a dirty look
  10. 10. adj (of weather) rainy or squally; stormy
  11. 11. adj (of an aircraft) having projections into the airstream, such as lowered flaps
  12. 12. adj (of an explosive device) modified to cause radioactive contamination - Compare clean
  13. 13. vb to make or become dirty; stain; soil

Examples

a dirty green
灰绿色
a dirty coward
卑鄙的懦夫
dirty remarks
恶言毒语
a dirty trumpet
刺耳的喇叭
to get one's hands dirty
把手弄脏

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