tatty
/ˈtætɪ/adjective
1tattier, tattiest
- informal worn and shabby; in poor condition〈非正式〉褴褛的; 破烂的, 破损的:
the room was furnished in slightly tatty upholstered furniture.
房间里摆着装饰略显破旧的家具。
1.1
- of poor quality质量差的:
the high, but generally tatty, output of the current Celtic revival.
由当前凯尔特文化复兴所带来的数量多但总体质量差的作品。
派生词
tattily
adverbtattiness
noun词源
early 16th cent. (originally Scots, in the sense 'tangled, matted, shaggy'): apparently ultimately related to Old English tættec 'rag', of Germanic origin; compare with TATTERED.