grime /ɡraɪm/ n. | vt.I n. (深嵌的)污垢，煤灰，煤尘；肮脏混乱 a window coated with grime 尘封的窗 Soap and water removed only a little of the grime on the coal miner's hands. 肥皂和水只洗去那煤矿工人手上的一点点黑垢。 the grime of the slums 贫民窟的脏乱 II vt. 将…弄脏，使积满污垢 Ceilings and walls were grimed with smoke. 天花板和墙壁被烟熏得乌黑。 [<Flem grijm < MD grime soot, mask; 与 OE grīma mask, Gr khriein to anoint 有关；见 CHRISM]