sordid
英 ['sɔːdɪd]
美
助記提示
音：掃地的，地上很髒，顏色是灰的；音：臊的, 臭臊的，腥臊的，像尿一樣肮髒；
2. sord- (諧音“臊的”) + -id.
中文詞源
sordid 汙穢的，肮髒的來自拉丁語 sordere,變得肮髒，來自 sordes,肮髒，汙穢，來自 PIE*swordo,黑的，髒的，詞源 同 swarthy,黝黑的。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. She listened to Kate'sexplanation of the sordid affair.
- 她聽凱特對這件醜事作何解釋。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. It was a shock to discover the truth about his sordid past.
- 他以往的醜行被發現時，人們感到震驚。
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. The huts they lived in were sordid and filthy beyond belief.
- 他們住的小房真是異乎尋常地髒.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. I've washed my hands of the whole sordid business.
- 我已經洗手不幹那種肮髒的勾當了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. He depicts the sordid and vulgar sides of life exclusively.
- 他隻描寫人生肮髒和庸俗的一麵.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》