Sleazy



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj.邋遢的, 格调低下的
• ［英］ adj.邋遢的, 格调低下的 ( shabby and dirty; flimsy; insubstantial)
• ［例］ They took me to a sleazy back-street hotel.

Webster Collegiate

adjective (sleazier; -est)

• Etymology: origin unknown
• Date: circa 1645
• 1.
  • a. lacking firmness of texture ; flimsy
  • b. carelessly made of inferior materials ; shoddy
• 2.
  • a. marked by low character or quality <sleazy tabloids>
  • b. squalid, dilapidated <sleazy bars>
• ? sleazily adverb
• ? sleaziness noun

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