shabby

🇬🇧 UK/'ʃæbi/🇺🇸 US
IELTSTOEFLGREB2

Definitions

adj.

Worn, old, and in poor condition; also, mean or unfair in behaviour.

破旧的;衣衫褴褛的;卑鄙的

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
shabbyother
=shabby

Common Collocations

  • 1.shabby treatment恶劣的对待
  • 2.shabby appearance邋遢的外表
  • 3.shabby clothes破旧的衣物
  • 4.look shabby看起来寒酸

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The old man wore a shabby coat that had seen better days.

  • 2.

    It was shabby of him to take credit for his colleague's work.

  • 3.

    The hotel looked shabby and neglected, nothing like the photos online.

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