sordid
英 [ˈsɔː.dɪd]
美 [ˈsɔːr.dɪd]
音:扫地的,地上很脏,颜色是灰的;音:臊的, 臭臊的,腥臊的,像尿一样肮脏;
2. sord- (谐音“臊的”) + -id.
sordid 污秽的,肮脏的来自拉丁语 sordere,变得肮脏,来自 sordes,肮脏,污秽,来自 PIE*swordo,黑的,脏的,词源 同 swarthy,黝黑的。
- sordid (adj.)
- early 15c., "festering," from Latin sordidus "dirty, filthy, foul, vile, mean, base," from sordere "be dirty, be shabby," related to sordes "dirt, filth," from PIE *swrd-e-, from root *swordo- "black, dirty" (cognates: Old English sweart "black"). Sense of "foul, low, mean" first recorded 1610s. Related: Sordidly; sordidness.
- 1. She listened to Kate'sexplanation of the sordid affair.
- 她听凯特对这件丑事作何解释。
- 2. It was a shock to discover the truth about his sordid past.
- 他以往的丑行被发现时,人们感到震惊。
- 3. The huts they lived in were sordid and filthy beyond belief.
- 他们住的小房真是异乎寻常地脏.
- 4. I've washed my hands of the whole sordid business.
- 我已经洗手不干那种肮脏的勾当了.
- 5. He depicts the sordid and vulgar sides of life exclusively.
- 他只描写人生肮脏和庸俗的一面.