dirty
US: /ˈdɝti/
UK: /dˈɜːti/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
dirty /'də:ti/- tính từ
- bẩn thỉu, dơ bẩn, dơ dáy; cáu ghét, cáu bẩn, đầy bùn bẩn
- dirty hands: bàn tay dơ bẩn
- a dirty war: cuộc chiến tranh bẩn thỉu
- có mưa gió sụt sùi, nhớp nháp bẩn thỉu; xấu (thời tiết)
- dirty weather: trời xấu
- không sáng (màu sắc)
- tục tĩu, thô bỉ
- dirty language: ngôn ngữ thô bỉ
- a dirty story: câu chuyện tục tĩu
- đê tiện, hèn hạ, đáng khinh, nhơ nhốc, xấu xa
- a dirty look: cái nhìn khinh miệt
- phi nghĩa
- dirty money: của phi nghĩa
- to do the dirty on somebody
- (từ lóng) chơi đểu với ai, dở trò đê tiện với ai
- dirty work
- việc làm xấu xa bất chính
- công việc nặng nhọc khổ ải
- to do somebody's dirty work for him
- làm giúp ai một công việc nặng nhọc khổ ải
- bẩn thỉu, dơ bẩn, dơ dáy; cáu ghét, cáu bẩn, đầy bùn bẩn
- ngoại động từ
- làm bẩn, làm dơ, làm vấy bùn
- làm bẩn, làm dơ, làm vấy bùn
- nội động từ
- thành dơ bẩn, thành bẩn thỉu
Advanced English dictionary
adjective, verb, adverb+ adjective (dirtier, dirtiest)
not clean
1 not clean: dirty hands / clothes + a dirty mark + Try not to get too dirty! + I always get given the dirty jobs (= jobs that make you become dirty).
offensive
2 [usually before noun] connected with sex in an offensive way: a dirty joke / book + He's got a dirty mind (= he often thinks about sex).
unpleasant / dishonest
3 [usually before noun] unpleasant or dishonest: a dirty lie / liar + She's a dirty player. + He's a great man for doing the dirty jobs (= jobs which are unpleasant because they involve being dishonest or mean to people).
colours
4 [only before noun] dull: a dirty brown carpet
drugs
5 (AmE, slang) using illegal drugs
Idioms: be a dirty word to be a subject or an idea that people think is bad or immoral: Profit is not a dirty word around here.
(do sb's) dirty work (to do) the unpleasant or dishonest jobs that sb else does not want to do: Next time you can get somebody else to do your dirty work for you!
do the dirty on sb (BrE, informal) to cheat or betray sb; to treat sb unfairly: I'd never do the dirty on my friends.
give sb a dirty look to look at sb in a way that shows you are annoyed with them
more at HAND n., WASH v.
+ verb (dirties, dirtying, dirtied, dirtied) [VN] to make sth dirty
adverb
Idioms: dirty great / big (BrE, informal) used to emphasize how large sth is: When I turned round he was pointing a dirty great gun at me.
play dirty (informal) to behave or play a game in an unfair way
more at TALK v.
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 foul, unclean, befouled, soiled, begrimed, sooty, grimy, filthy, mucky, besmeared, besmirched, befouled, polluted, squalid, sullied, stained, spotted, smudged, slovenly, unwashed, bedraggled, slatternly, untidy, Slang Brit gungy, US grungy:
If you think his shirt was dirty, you should have seen his body!
2 smutty, indecent, obscene, ribald, off colour, prurient, risqué, salacious, lewd, lascivious, salacious, pornographic, coarse, licentious, rude, blue, scabrous:
His parents were shocked to hear him telling dirty jokes.
3 unfair, unscrupulous, unsporting, dishonest, mean, underhand(ed), unsportsmanlike, dishonourable, deceitful, corrupt, treacherous, perfidious, villainous, disloyal; malicious, malevolent, rotten, filthy:
It was a dirty trick of Sue's to tell the teacher.
4 bad, foul, nasty, stormy, rainy, windy, blowy, blowing, squally, sloppy:
We're in for some dirty weather, Mr Christian, so you'd best reduce sail.
5 bitter, resentful, angry, furious, wrathful, smouldering:
She gave me a dirty look when I said anything about her sister.
6 sordid, base, mean, despicable, contemptible, ignoble, scurvy, low, low-down, ignominious, vile, nasty, infamous:
That villain has done his dirty work and now we must all suffer. He's nothing but a dirty coward!
v.
7 stain, sully, befoul, soil, begrime, besmirch, pollute, muddy, smear, defile; blacken, tarnish:
She refused to so much as dirty her hands to help us. Are you afraid it will dirty your reputation to be seen with me?
Collocation
VERBS
be, feel, look | get
Go and play football if you like, but don't get dirty!
| get sth, make sb/sth
The soot had made everything dirty. (figurative) He's not frightened of getting his hands dirty (= doing physical work).
ADV.
extremely, filthy
(informal),
really, very
Everything in the room was filthy dirty.
| a bit, rather, slightly
Concise dictionary
dirtied|dirtier|dirtiest|dirties|dirtying'dɜːtɪverb
+make soiled, filthy, or dirty
adj.
+soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
+(of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency
+vile; despicable
+spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination
+contaminated with infecting organisms
+(of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear
+(of a manuscript) defaced with changes
+obtained illegally or by improper means
+expressing or revealing hostility or dislike
+violating accepted standards or rules
+unethical or dishonest
+unpleasantly stormy
