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单词 scruffy
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Definition of scruffy in English:

scruffy

adjectivescruffier, scruffiest ˈskrʌfiˈskrəfi
  • 1Shabby and untidy or dirty.

    破旧的;不整洁的

    a teenager in scruffy jeans and a baggy T-shirt

    一个穿着破旧牛仔裤和宽松T恤衫的少年。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Certain parts of Bolton are dirty and scruffy, caused by a minority of dirty people and neglect.
    • If the jeans were baggy and scruffy, the whole outfit would be unbalanced.
    • He's dressed in scruffy jeans and a faded biker jacket, talking in quiet, understated tones.
    • I wore it to some rather posh restaurants and not once did I feel scruffy or unkempt.
    • In seconds, it seemed, she was back in her scruffy jeans and rainbow fingerless gloves, ready to go.
    • He pulls his curly locks back into a bushy ponytail and wears a somewhat scruffy goatee.
    • My winter coat is too warm for this time of year and my jeans jacket is too scruffy for work.
    • And then he glanced at his own almost crumpled gray shirt and the plain scruffy jeans.
    • There was just one other sad, unfulfilled customer at the bar, trying to catch the eye of the scruffy teen working the pumps.
    • Bit scruffy and mangy himself, but blessed with a true heart of gold.
    • One had blond hair and was scruffy, with a blue top and jeans, while the other wore a dark blue top.
    • Born in 1912, Turing was a shy, scruffy young man, but a gifted mathematician and scientist.
    • He was looking down, he was scruffy, he had dirty jeans and he was not on this planet.
    • The whole head is fluffed up and gently back-combed, so that it looks scruffy and unkempt.
    • Zach was decked out in the same scruffy jeans he'd been wearing in the video.
    • His scruffy appearance made him look dirty next to the clean bright sterile walls of the hospital.
    • I felt ashamed to let anyone come to the flat because it was filthy, smelly and scruffy.
    • It's all about contrasts and contradictions - the smart and the scruffy, the rough and the smooth.
    • Having arrived at 9am from Aberdeen, the pair were clad more as mad hatters tea party than scruffy gig chic.
    • I always promised to do better but I was an incurably scruffy boy who never did do well on the pulled-up socks side of life.
    Synonyms
    shabby, worn, down at heel, shoddy, ragged, tattered, mangy, sorry, run down, disreputable
    untidy, unkempt, bedraggled, messy, dishevelled, ungroomed, ill-groomed, sleazy, seedy, slatternly, slovenly
    dirty, squalid, filthy
    informal tatty, the worse for wear, scuzzy, grungy, yucky
    British informal grotty
    North American informal raggedy
  • 2(of a man's face) having short, bristly hairs as a result of not having been shaved for a while.

    his employer has got used to seeing his face becoming scruffier each spring

Derivatives

  • scruffily

  • adverbˈskrʌfɪliˈskrəfəli
    • The accomplice who sneaked in is believed to be around 30 and scruffily dressed.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • A woman is approached in the street by a scruffily dressed youth who opens his mouth - and asks for directions to the local mosque.
      • His bag and jacket were shiny, his top button done up, his tie scruffily fitted.
      • The city swarms with scruffily dressed and, largely, scruffily mannered young people.
      • This resulted in a situation where the higher up the management ladder you are, the more scruffily you dress at work.
  • scruffiness

  • nounˈskrʌfɪnəsˈskrəfinəs
    • But are scruffiness and Slipknot t-shirts not just an integral part of being a techie?
      Example sentencesExamples
      • But I think people love that scruffiness, that roughness.
      • I'm not particularly fond of your brand of scruffiness either.
      • Del grinned to herself, ‘Does she hate your scruffiness?’
      • I mentioned the picture thing because of him, with his scruffiness.
      • In their defence the attacking pair will point to the scruffiness of the service but they must take some responsibility too.
      • Yeah, I noticed a bit of scruffiness around the chin area.
      • So aren't the protestations of terminal scruffiness and aw-shucks fallibility just a little disingenuous?
      • Other than the current scruffiness of my hair, though, I quite liked my appearance.
      • The punters don't seem to mind the scruffiness.

Origin

Mid 17th century (in the sense ‘covered with scurf’): from scruff ‘scurf’, variant of scurf, + -y. The sense ‘shabby’ dates from the late 19th century.

Rhymes

fluffy, huffy, puffy, roughie, roughy, snuffy, stuffy, toughie

Definition of scruffy in US English:

scruffy

adjectiveˈskrəfēˈskrəfi
  • 1Shabby and untidy or dirty.

    破旧的;不整洁的

    a teenager in scruffy jeans and a baggy T-shirt

    一个穿着破旧牛仔裤和宽松T恤衫的少年。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He was looking down, he was scruffy, he had dirty jeans and he was not on this planet.
    • Having arrived at 9am from Aberdeen, the pair were clad more as mad hatters tea party than scruffy gig chic.
    • And then he glanced at his own almost crumpled gray shirt and the plain scruffy jeans.
    • My winter coat is too warm for this time of year and my jeans jacket is too scruffy for work.
    • If the jeans were baggy and scruffy, the whole outfit would be unbalanced.
    • It's all about contrasts and contradictions - the smart and the scruffy, the rough and the smooth.
    • Born in 1912, Turing was a shy, scruffy young man, but a gifted mathematician and scientist.
    • Zach was decked out in the same scruffy jeans he'd been wearing in the video.
    • Certain parts of Bolton are dirty and scruffy, caused by a minority of dirty people and neglect.
    • One had blond hair and was scruffy, with a blue top and jeans, while the other wore a dark blue top.
    • There was just one other sad, unfulfilled customer at the bar, trying to catch the eye of the scruffy teen working the pumps.
    • His scruffy appearance made him look dirty next to the clean bright sterile walls of the hospital.
    • I felt ashamed to let anyone come to the flat because it was filthy, smelly and scruffy.
    • In seconds, it seemed, she was back in her scruffy jeans and rainbow fingerless gloves, ready to go.
    • I always promised to do better but I was an incurably scruffy boy who never did do well on the pulled-up socks side of life.
    • I wore it to some rather posh restaurants and not once did I feel scruffy or unkempt.
    • He pulls his curly locks back into a bushy ponytail and wears a somewhat scruffy goatee.
    • The whole head is fluffed up and gently back-combed, so that it looks scruffy and unkempt.
    • Bit scruffy and mangy himself, but blessed with a true heart of gold.
    • He's dressed in scruffy jeans and a faded biker jacket, talking in quiet, understated tones.
    Synonyms
    shabby, worn, down at heel, shoddy, ragged, tattered, mangy, sorry, run down, disreputable
  • 2(of a man's face) having short, bristly hairs as a result of not having been shaved for a while.

    his employer has gotten used to seeing his face becoming scruffier each spring

Origin

Mid 17th century (in the sense ‘covered with scurf’): from scruff ‘scurf’, variant of scurf, + -y. The sense ‘shabby’ dates from the late 19th century.

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