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词汇 grotty
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Definition of grotty in English:

grotty

adjectivegrottier, grottiest ˈɡrɒtiˈɡrɑdi
British informal
  • 1Unpleasant and of poor quality.

    〈英,非正式〉令人讨厌的;劣质的,粗鄙的

    a grotty little hotel

    简陋的小旅店。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Otherwise their five-star hotel will have to be built in a less prominent position with a view over our grotty row of cottages.
    • He catches the cramped, grotty frisson of the reporters' room, the professionalism instilled by hard-nosed old hands in the game, the lure of the bars in Vulcan Lane when the final edition had been put to bed.
    • The damp cavernous interior of the house, with its grotty kitchen, filthy toilets and peeling wallpaper, adds to an overbearing sense of decay that pervades the film and its characters.
    • There's damage here as far as the eye can see… holes in walls, fittings ripped off, filthy kitchens, grotty toilets, rubbish everywhere.
    • At first sight, the grotty cotton balls seem like an affront, but a funny one that quickly gives way to an appreciation of the literal saturation of color they accomplish, and the way they morph at a distance into flowers.
    • ‘It has shown it has an ability to bounce back from the bad old days of high unemployment and poor education and a grotty town centre,’ he said.
    • The hotel was well out of the centre in a slightly grotty area, and so there wasn't much to see in the immediate vicinity, but in any case I wanted to work on the act for the night.
    • They laughed at him, they called him a loser, they sneered at his grotty little band of physical misfits, they ridiculed his manifestly hypocritical ideas, sought to diminish him publicly at every opportunity they could.
    • What a contrast it was to get back to our grotty hotel after such a glitzy day.
    • Inside those grotty beer-stained sweatpants is a smart, funny, well-dressed man waiting to emerge.
    • Given the title and director, I was expecting something grotty and disturbing, so I was pleasantly surprised when the film turned out to be a lighthearted kitschy romp.
    • The horror books certainly were gross and grotty.
    • It is made up of silly little stories, each grotty in its own individual way!
    • People expect spittoons and grotty seating.
    • It is in a desolate location surrounded by grotty blocks of flats and graffiti.
    • We stayed here as it was cheap & the location is great - probably is good value for money but the rooms are grotty & depressing.
    • Sometimes he would force you to clean his filthy floor with a grotty toothbrush and if you were really naughty he would lock you in the dirty, dusty dungeon.
    • See, the upshot of getting there in the wee hours is that you can sift through them and find the really grotty dog-eared books with water damage and coffee stains that are a whole $4 cheaper than the other copies.
    • It looked like it was going to be grotty, but as I was on the tube the clouds all seemed to disappear and by the time I came back above ground at Tottenham Court Road station the sky was a beautiful clear blue and the sun was shining brightly.
    • As many of you will know, composting is a kind of compulsion - once you've discovered the fascination of being able to turn grotty garden waste into rich, crumbly, dark brown compost, you never grow out of it.
    Synonyms
    unpleasant, disagreeable, disgusting, distasteful, awful, dreadful, horrible, terrible, vile, foul, abominable, frightful, loathsome, revolting, repulsive, odious, sickening, nauseating, nauseous, repellent, repugnant, horrendous, hideous, appalling, atrocious, offensive, objectionable, obnoxious, unpalatable, unsavoury, unappetizing, off-putting, uninviting, dirty, filthy, squalid
  • 2as complement Unwell.

    身体不适,难受

    I felt grotty and had to leave early
    Example sentencesExamples
    • First of all, I'm off work with some sort of ‘flu bug, feeling extremely grotty.
    • I am feeling pretty grotty about the whole thing at the moment.
    • I'm feeling pretty grotty today, still sick with a cold.
    Synonyms
    unwell, ill, poorly, bad, indisposed, not oneself, sick, queasy, nauseous, nauseated, peaky, liverish, green about the gills, run down, washed out

Derivatives

  • grottiness

  • noun
    British informal
    • She smiled faintly as we described its peppery grottiness.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I was in the midst of this brief erotic daydream when she suddenly looked up, making me feel suddenly guilty, acutely aware of my own grottiness and altogether rather unworthy of her.
      • It's an early attempt at mythologising the harsh urban grottiness of the built environment of a gigantic city and juxtaposing it with the image of a young woman.
      • I have tremendously fond memories of the Free Trade Hall, despite its general grottiness, and its poor acoustics.
      • Or was it some kind of situationist art installation designed to highlight the grottiness of the lavatory?

Origin

1960s: from grotesque + -y1.

Rhymes

dotty, hottie, knotty, Lanzarote, Lottie, Pavarotti, potty, Scottie, snotty, spotty, totty, yachtie, zloty

Definition of grotty in US English:

grotty

adjectiveˈɡrädēˈɡrɑdi
British informal
  • 1Unpleasant and of poor quality.

    〈英,非正式〉令人讨厌的;劣质的,粗鄙的

    a grotty little hotel

    简陋的小旅店。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Given the title and director, I was expecting something grotty and disturbing, so I was pleasantly surprised when the film turned out to be a lighthearted kitschy romp.
    • As many of you will know, composting is a kind of compulsion - once you've discovered the fascination of being able to turn grotty garden waste into rich, crumbly, dark brown compost, you never grow out of it.
    • Sometimes he would force you to clean his filthy floor with a grotty toothbrush and if you were really naughty he would lock you in the dirty, dusty dungeon.
    • He catches the cramped, grotty frisson of the reporters' room, the professionalism instilled by hard-nosed old hands in the game, the lure of the bars in Vulcan Lane when the final edition had been put to bed.
    • People expect spittoons and grotty seating.
    • The damp cavernous interior of the house, with its grotty kitchen, filthy toilets and peeling wallpaper, adds to an overbearing sense of decay that pervades the film and its characters.
    • What a contrast it was to get back to our grotty hotel after such a glitzy day.
    • Inside those grotty beer-stained sweatpants is a smart, funny, well-dressed man waiting to emerge.
    • They laughed at him, they called him a loser, they sneered at his grotty little band of physical misfits, they ridiculed his manifestly hypocritical ideas, sought to diminish him publicly at every opportunity they could.
    • It is in a desolate location surrounded by grotty blocks of flats and graffiti.
    • The horror books certainly were gross and grotty.
    • We stayed here as it was cheap & the location is great - probably is good value for money but the rooms are grotty & depressing.
    • It looked like it was going to be grotty, but as I was on the tube the clouds all seemed to disappear and by the time I came back above ground at Tottenham Court Road station the sky was a beautiful clear blue and the sun was shining brightly.
    • At first sight, the grotty cotton balls seem like an affront, but a funny one that quickly gives way to an appreciation of the literal saturation of color they accomplish, and the way they morph at a distance into flowers.
    • See, the upshot of getting there in the wee hours is that you can sift through them and find the really grotty dog-eared books with water damage and coffee stains that are a whole $4 cheaper than the other copies.
    • Otherwise their five-star hotel will have to be built in a less prominent position with a view over our grotty row of cottages.
    • ‘It has shown it has an ability to bounce back from the bad old days of high unemployment and poor education and a grotty town centre,’ he said.
    • It is made up of silly little stories, each grotty in its own individual way!
    • There's damage here as far as the eye can see… holes in walls, fittings ripped off, filthy kitchens, grotty toilets, rubbish everywhere.
    • The hotel was well out of the centre in a slightly grotty area, and so there wasn't much to see in the immediate vicinity, but in any case I wanted to work on the act for the night.
    Synonyms
    unpleasant, disagreeable, disgusting, distasteful, awful, dreadful, horrible, terrible, vile, foul, abominable, frightful, loathsome, revolting, repulsive, odious, sickening, nauseating, nauseous, repellent, repugnant, horrendous, hideous, appalling, atrocious, offensive, objectionable, obnoxious, unpalatable, unsavoury, unappetizing, off-putting, uninviting, dirty, filthy, squalid
    1. 1.1as complement Unwell.
      身体不适,难受
      if the person feels very grotty, it is probably true influenza

      如果那个人觉得很难受,可能的确是流感。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • I am feeling pretty grotty about the whole thing at the moment.
      • First of all, I'm off work with some sort of ‘flu bug, feeling extremely grotty.
      • I'm feeling pretty grotty today, still sick with a cold.
      Synonyms
      unwell, ill, poorly, bad, indisposed, not oneself, sick, queasy, nauseous, nauseated, peaky, liverish, green about the gills, run down, washed out

Origin

1960s: from grotesque + -y.

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