It used to be dirty and disorderly.
出自-2013年6月聽力原文
Her household bills piled up, along with the dishes and dirty laundry, but it took near-constant complaints from her four daughters before she realized she had a problem.
出自-2010年6月閱讀原文
But children are frequently discouraged from involvement with natural spaces, for health and safety reasons, for fear that they might get dirty or that they might cause damage.
出自-2010年12月閱讀原文
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ADJ-GRADED
臟的;骯臟的;污穢的
If something is dirty, it is marked or covered with stains, spots, or mud, and needs to be cleaned.
例句
She still did not like the woman who had dirty fingernails...
她還是不喜歡那個指甲臟臟的女子。
The dress had been brightly coloured, but it was stained and dirty now.
那件連衣裙原來色彩非常鮮艷，不過現(xiàn)在有污漬變臟了。
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VERB
弄臟;使變臟
To dirty something means to cause it to become dirty.
例句
He was afraid the dog's hairs might dirty the seats...
他擔心狗毛弄臟了座位。
With poor quality tapes you could also risk dirtying the heads on your video recorder.
使用劣質(zhì)磁帶還有可能會污損你的錄像機磁頭。
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ADJ-GRADED
卑劣的;卑鄙的;不道德的
If you describe an action as dirty, you disapprove of it and consider it unfair, immoral, or dishonest.
例句
The gunman had been hired by a rival Mafia family to do the dirty deed.
一個敵對的黑手黨家族雇用了那個槍手來實施這一卑劣行動。
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ADJ-GRADED
(笑話、書籍、話語等)淫穢的，下流的，黃色的
If you describe something such as a joke, a book, or someone's language as dirty, you mean that it refers to sex in a way that some people find offensive.
例句
They told dirty jokes and sang raucous ballads...
他們說著葷段子，哼著不著調(diào)的小曲兒。
Of course lots of kids read dirty books in their rooms and hide them under the mattress.
當然很多孩子在他們的房間里看黃書，而且會把它們藏在床墊子底下。
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ADJ
(用于批評之詞前作強調(diào))可惡的，可恨的
Dirty is used before words of criticism to emphasize that you do not approve of someone or something.
例句
You dirty liar.
你這個可惡的騙子。
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PHRASE
把丑事公開;使家丑外揚
If you say that someone washes their dirty linen in public, you disapprove of their discussing or arguing about unpleasant or private things in front of other people. There are several other forms of this expression, for example wash your dirty laundry in public, or in American English, air your dirty laundry in public .
例句
The spectacle of the former naval officers washing their dirty linen in public was distinctly embarrassing...
前海軍官員們自揭傷疤的做法顯然非常令人尷尬。
We shouldn't wash our dirty laundry in public and if I was in his position, I'd say nothing at all.
家丑不宜外揚，如果我是他的話，我就什么也不說。
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PHRASE
憤怒的眼神;怒目圓睜
If someone gives you a dirty look, they look at you in a way which shows that they are angry with you.
例句
Michael gave him a dirty look and walked out.
邁克爾狠狠地瞪了他一眼然后走開了。
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PHRASE
老色鬼;老淫棍;老不正經(jīng)
Dirty old man is an expression some people use to describe an older man who they think shows an unnatural interest in sex.
例句
He was always trying it on. But now he's 71, it's causing problems. He's just a dirty old man.
他以前總想亂來。但現(xiàn)在他已 71 歲，有些力不從心了。不過是個老色鬼罷了。
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PHRASE
替…干不法勾當;替…干苦差
To do someone's dirty work means to do a task for them that is dishonest or unpleasant and which they do not want to do themselves.
例句
As a member of an elite army hit squad, the army would send us out to do their dirty work for them.
作為特工小分隊的一員，部隊總會派我們?nèi)プ鏊麄儾辉缸龅氖隆?/i>
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PHRASE
(主要為性而進行的)周末幽會
A dirty weekend is a weekend during which two people go away together, mainly in order to have sex.
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PHRASE
引起反感的詞;令人討厭的字眼
If you say that an expression is a dirty word in a particular group of people, you mean it refers to an idea that they strongly dislike or disagree with.
例句
Marketing became a dirty word at the company.
市場營銷成了公司里一個很令人討厭的字眼。
Verb
1. make soiled, filthy, or dirty;
"don't soil your clothes when you play outside!"Adjective
1. soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime;
"dirty unswept sidewalks""a child in dirty overalls""dirty slums""piles of dirty dishes""put his dirty feet on the clean sheet""wore an unclean shirt""mining is a dirty job""Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves"2. (of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency;
"dirty words""a dirty old man""dirty books and movies""boys telling dirty jokes""has a dirty mouth"3. vile; despicable;
"a dirty (or lousy) trick""a filthy traitor"4. spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination;
"the air near the foundry was always dirty""the air near the foundry was always dirty""a dirty bomb releases enormous amounts of long-lived radioactive fallout"5. contaminated with infecting organisms;
"dirty wounds""obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen6. (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear;
"dirty" is often used in combination"a dirty (or dingy) white""the muddied gray of the sea""muddy colors""dirty-green walls""dirty-blonde hair"7. (of a manuscript) defaced with changes;
"foul (or dirty) copy"8. obtained illegally or by improper means;
"dirty money""ill-gotten gains"9. expressing or revealing hostility or dislike;
"dirty looks"10. violating accepted standards or rules;
"a dirty fighter""used foul means to gain power""a nasty unsporting serve""fined for unsportsmanlike behavior"11. unethical or dishonest;
"dirty police officers""a sordid political campaign"12. unpleasantly stormy;
"there's dirty weather in the offing"