shabby
动词 v.
形容词 adj.
英 /ˈʃæbi/
美 /ˈʃæbi/
英文释义
动词 v.
- To make (something) shabby (adjective sense 1); to shabbify.
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To become shabby; to shabbify.
— You'll be one of those tough, square, solid middle-aged men, like a shabbying brown bear, your golden crew-cut greying judiciously at the temples.
形容词 adj.
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Of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect; scruffy.
— They lived in a tiny apartment, with some old, shabby furniture.
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Of a person: wearing ragged or very worn, and often dirty, clothing.
— The fellow arrived looking rather shabby after journeying so far.
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Of a person, their behaviour, etc.: despicable, mean; also, not generous; stingy, tight-fisted.
— shabby treatment
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Poor in quality; also, showing little effort or talent.
— His painting is not too shabby.
- Poor in quality; also, showing little effort or talent.; Of the pulse: thready, weak.
- Poor in quality; also, showing little effort or talent.; Of weather: wet and dreary.
- Poor in quality; also, showing little effort or talent.; Chiefly of sheep: affected by shab or scab (“a skin disease”); scabby.
词源
词源 1
The adjective is derived from shab (“(obsolete except UK, dialectal) scaly skin disease; skin disease of sheep; crust forming over wound, scab”) + -y (suffix meaning ‘having the quality of’ forming adjectives).
The verb is derived from the adjective.
Cognates
* Dutch schabbig (“poor, needy, shabby”)
* Middle High German schebic (modern German schäbig (“shabby”))
* Middle Low German schabbich (“miserable”) (modern Low German schabbig, schäbbig)
* Scots shabby (“in poor health, ill”)
* Swedish sjabbig (“shabby, mangy, scruffy”), skabbig (“scabby”)
The verb is derived from the adjective.
Cognates
* Dutch schabbig (“poor, needy, shabby”)
* Middle High German schebic (modern German schäbig (“shabby”))
* Middle Low German schabbich (“miserable”) (modern Low German schabbig, schäbbig)
* Scots shabby (“in poor health, ill”)
* Swedish sjabbig (“shabby, mangy, scruffy”), skabbig (“scabby”)
词源 2
The adjective is derived from shab (“(obsolete except UK, dialectal) scaly skin disease; skin disease of sheep; crust forming over wound, scab”) + -y (suffix meaning ‘having the quality of’ forming adjectives).
The verb is derived from the adjective.
Cognates
* Dutch schabbig (“poor, needy, shabby”)
* Middle High German schebic (modern German schäbig (“shabby”))
* Middle Low German schabbich (“miserable”) (modern Low German schabbig, schäbbig)
* Scots shabby (“in poor health, ill”)
* Swedish sjabbig (“shabby, mangy, scruffy”), skabbig (“scabby”)
The verb is derived from the adjective.
Cognates
* Dutch schabbig (“poor, needy, shabby”)
* Middle High German schebic (modern German schäbig (“shabby”))
* Middle Low German schabbich (“miserable”) (modern Low German schabbig, schäbbig)
* Scots shabby (“in poor health, ill”)
* Swedish sjabbig (“shabby, mangy, scruffy”), skabbig (“scabby”)
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