Sordid



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. 卑鄙的; 肮脏的
• ［英］ adj. 卑鄙的 ( marked by baseness) ; 肮脏的 ( dirty, filthy)
• ［例］ sordid motives ( 卑劣的动机) / sordid narrow streets ( 肮脏狭窄的街道)

Webster Collegiate

adjective

• Etymology: Latin sordidus, from sordes dirt — more at swart
• Date: 1606
• 1. marked by baseness or grossness ; vile <sordid motives>
• 2.
  • a. dirty, filthy
  • b. wretched, squalid
• 3. meanly avaricious ; covetous
• 4. of a dull or muddy color
• Synonyms: see mean
• ? sordidly adverb
• ? sordidness noun

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