dirt
/dɜːt/noun
mass noun
1- a substance, such as mud or dust, that soils someone or something（弄脏某人或某物的）烂泥; 灰尘：
his face was covered in dirt.
他的脸上沾满灰尘。
1.1
- loose soil or earth; the ground松土; 土地：
the soldier sagged to the dirt.
那士兵瘫倒在地。
1.2
- usu. as modifier earth used to make a surface for a road, floor, or other area of ground（铺成路面、地面等的）泥土：
a dirt road.
一条泥土路。
1.3
- informal excrement〈非正式〉排泄物, 粪便：
a lawn covered in dog dirt.
一块布满狗屎的草地。
1.4
- a state or quality of uncleanliness肮脏：
Manchester is renowned for the sweat and dirt of industry.
曼彻斯特以工业带来的辛劳和肮脏闻名。
1.5
- informal information about someone's activities or private life that could prove damaging if revealed〈非正式〉丑闻：
is there any dirt on Desmond?
德斯蒙德有什么绯闻吗？
1.6
- obscene or sordid material淫秽（或肮脏）的内容：
we object to the dirt that television projects into homes.
我们反对电视带入家庭的乱七八糟的东西。
1.7
- informal a person or thing viewed as worthless or contemptible〈非正式〉没用的人（或物）; 可鄙的人（或物）：
he treats her like dirt.
他觉得她很没用。
短语
do someone dirt
- informal harm someone's reputation maliciously〈非正式〉恶意中伤。
drag the name of someone（或something）through the dirt
- informal give someone or something a bad reputation through bad behaviour or damaging revelations〈非正式〉（通过不好的行为或诽谤）玷污（某人或某物的名誉）：
he condemned players for dragging the name of football through the dirt.
他谴责这些球员玷污了足球运动。
eat dirt
- informal suffer insults or humiliation〈非正式〉忍辱含垢, 忍气吞声：
the film bombed at the box office and the critics made it eat dirt.
这部电影票房惨败, 批评家们对它极尽羞辱之能事。
词源
Middle English: from Old Norse drit 'excrement', an early sense in English.