shabby
/ˈʃæbɪ/adjective
1shabbier, shabbiest
- in poor condition through long use or lack of care破旧的, 破烂的：
a conscript in a shabby uniform saluted the car.
一个穿着破旧制服的士兵向汽车敬礼。
1.1
- dressed in old or worn clothes衣衫褴褛的。
1.2
- (of behaviour) mean and unfair（行为）卑鄙的; 不公正的：
Snooping, was he? That's a shabby trick.
他偷看, 是吧？这招真卑鄙。
派生词
shabbily
adverbshabbiness
noun词源
mid 17th cent.: from dialect shab 'scab' （from a Germanic base meaning 'itch'） + -Y1.