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shabby

B2 adj

shabby /ˈʃæbi/ nghĩa là tồi tàn, xập xệ

Các nghĩa

  1. tồi tàn, xập xệ

    Of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect; scruffy.

    They lived in a tiny apartment, with some old, shabby furniture.

    [A]s there was a stream of people pouring into a shabby house not far from the entrance, he waited until they had made their way in, […]

    [They] lived […] in one of the shabbiest streets in the debatable land between Pimlico and Chelsea—by courtesy, South Belgravia.

  2. ăn mặc rách rưới, lôi thôi

    Of a person: wearing ragged or very worn, and often dirty, clothing.

    The fellow arrived looking rather shabby after journeying so far.

    She told her name, and vvas ſhevvn, by a little ſhabby foot-boy, into a parlour.

    He was an affectionate brother, always glad to do a good turn to his sisters—who lived with a shabby old half-pay father, […]

  3. đê tiện, bần tiện

    Of a person, their behaviour, etc.: despicable, mean; also, not generous; stingy, tight-fisted.

    figuratively

    shabby treatment

    It was voted a shabby excuse.

    I, being more of a native, and familiar with their customs, knew that this shabby present was an insult to us.

  4. kém chất lượng, tồi

    Poor in quality; also, showing little effort or talent.

    figuratively

    His painting is not too shabby.

    [M]y Lord Duke's entertainments were both ſeldom and ſhabby […]

  5. ẩm ướt, ảm đạm

    Of weather: wet and dreary.

    uk · dialectal · figuratively · informal

  6. bị ghẻ

    Chiefly of sheep: affected by shab or scab (“a skin disease”); scabby.

    uk · dialectal · figuratively

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