scabby

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Affected with scabs; full of scabs.
    — Her wrizled skin, as rough as maple rind, So scabby was, that would have loath'd all womankind.
  2. Diseased with the scab (mange): mangy.
  3. Having a blotched, uneven appearance.
  4. Injured by the attachment of barnacles to the carapace of a shell.
  5. Working against union policies, working to bust unions; in particular, being a scab (worker who crosses a union picket line).
    — The police, the governor, and the "scabby" Hearst Examiner "received a tremendous razzing," according to the Waterfront Worker, while all along the line of march "the workers on the sidelines cheered[…]"
  6. stingy; scrounging. Ireland,UK,slang
    — The chipper was a bit scabby on the vinegar today.

词形变化

scabbier comparative scabbiest superlative

词源

From Middle English scabby, scabbie, equivalent to scab + -y. Doublet of shabby.
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