| 释义 |
dirt /dɜːt/ n. | phr.
n.
1. 污物；烂泥；灰尘；尘垢；〈口〉排泄物
There is dirt on your face. 你的脸上有污垢。
She washed the dirt out of the clothes. 她把衣服上的污物洗掉。
2. 泥土；松土；沙土；泥地
This is good dirt for growing vegetables. 这是适于种菜的好土。
sit in the dirt 坐在泥地上
a dirt-floored hut 泥地棚屋
Two pigs were wallowing in dirt. 两只猪正在泥中打滚。
3. 下流话；下流行为；色情描写
a story with a bit of dirt in it 夹杂着一点色情描写的故事
4. 肮脏(状态)
We were shocked at the dirt in the slum areas. 贫民区的肮脏使我们感到震惊。
5. 卑鄙；腐化；诡诈
6. 〈口〉丑闻；恶意中伤的闲话
Do you know the latest dirt? 你知道最新的丑闻吗?
She enjoys hearing a bit of dirt about her neighbours. 她爱听关于邻居的一些流言蜚语。
7. 〈口〉可鄙的人；毫无用处的东西
I haven't a job, so I'm dirt. 我失业了，所以被人瞧不起。
8. 〈美俚〉内幕
9. 〈美俚〉钱
10. 【矿】含金泥，可采金矿砂；(砂矿开采中的)冲积泥；杂质，废渣
[< ME drit < ON: excrement; 与OE dritan to defecate, L foria diarrhea 有关] phr. (as) cheap as dirt 〈口〉1. 便宜透顶的 2. (尤指女人)低贱的，下贱的 (as) common as dirt 〈口〉1. 常见的；普遍的 2. 〈贬〉社会地位低下的；粗俗的 dig dirt about sb. 〈美口〉讲某人的闲话 dish the dirt 〈美口〉说人闲话 do sb. dirt 〈口〉恶意中伤某人；卑鄙地伤害某人；欺骗某人 The informer has done me dirt. 告密者说了我的坏话。I hadn't done her husband any dirt in the war. 战争中我没有以卑劣的手段伤害过她的丈夫。drag sb.'s name through the dirt 使某人 (某人的名字)蒙受耻辱，把某人 (某人的名字)搞臭 eat dirt 〈口〉含垢忍辱，忍气吞声；低头屈服 (或认输)He would eat dirt whenever the boss got mean. 每当老板待他刻薄时，他总是忍气吞声。hit the dirt 〈俚〉(为隐蔽而)卧倒 We hit the dirt the moment we heard the machine-gun fire. 我们一听到机枪声立刻卧倒。throw (或 fling, sling) dirt at 诽谤，中伤 treat sb. like (a piece of) dirt 视某人如草芥；瞧不起某人 Ever since he found out she had a child without a wedding ring, he's treated her like dirt under his feet. 自从发现她曾生过一个私生子，他就完全把她当贱货了。 |