单词 | slaggy |
释义 | slaggyadj. 1. Of the nature of or resembling slag (slag n.1 1b, 2); containing much slag. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > materials produced from metalworking > [adjective] > of nature of slag drossy1599 slaggy1688 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > igneous rock > [adjective] > volcanic > lava > scoria scorious1646 slaggy1688 scoriaceous1777 scoriform1794 scorified1815 scoriated1843 scoriaca1849 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 266/1 Slateing, is a covering of Houses with a kind of Blew Slaggy Marble. 1757 tr. J. F. Henckel Pyritologia x. 176 Here and there, internally, it [sc. a form of arsenic in a furnace] also often appears slaggy, and run. 1881 J. W. Judd Volcanoes ii. 12 Stromboli is a great mass of cinders and slaggy materials. 1922 Mining & Metall. May 29/1 A dirty, slaggy furnace may result in gassing the metal by retarding the heating. 2013 H. Mytum Monumentality Later Prehist. xii. 231 At some point one part of the gateway suffered high temperature burning, creating slaggy material from the shale. 2. a. British colloquial. Of a person or thing: contemptible, disreputable; dirty, rough; unpleasant, offensive. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > offensiveness > [adjective] bysenc1375 offensivea1548 nasty1548 beastly1584 whelpish1586 heathenish1592 viperous1593 vermin1602 verminousc1616 unchristian1630 verminian1640 rancida1646 verminly1653 spider-like1655 exceptionable1691 skunky1842 slaggy1943 schmucky1952 grotty1964 grody1965 1943 W. Buchanan-Taylor Shake it Again xxi. 199 It seemed slaggy to me. (A slag is a person who is not much bottle—not much good;..for whom you have no respect or time.) 1962 R. Cook Crust on its Uppers x. 82 That slaggy basement of yours. 1972 R. Quilty Tenth Session i. 20 Some sort of hippie, maybe? No roadie, he could swear to that, having tangled with some real slaggy ones. 1989 in R. Graef Talking Blues iv. 140 You see, policemen don't like ‘slaggy people’, whether they're Gypsies, Irish tinkers—people who are rubbish, whatever colour they are. 2001 P. Hayden Last Wave (2003) 159 I don't normally go near the public [bar]—I hate it, it's always full of slaggy old bastards who reek like old dogs. b. colloquial (chiefly British). Of a woman: lewd, sexually promiscuous. Of a woman's clothing, etc.: provocative, revealing, tarty. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [adjective] > unchaste or sexually compliant (of women) strumpeta1382 jadish1573 comingc1576 short heeled1591 loose in the hilts1598 loose-legged1598 loose-tailed1598 light-tailed1600 overscutched1600 stuprous1603 light-skirted1607 brothelly1608 light-heeled1611 wagtailed1648 loose-hilteda1652 feather-heeleda1674 loose-gowneda1717 frank1744 shake-tail1782 (a woman) of a certain description1803 hetaeric1868 round-heeled1926 floozy?1930 trampy1944 slack1951 slaggy1973 1973 H. Miller Open City xiv. 160 The writer and his slaggy girl friend. 1980 R. Connolly Sunday Kind of Woman ii. 22 He thought about some of the slaggy models he had known. 2000 Mirror (Nexis) 20 May 21 Not bothered about what they've done as long as you're gettin' the cash to pay for yer slaggy outfits an' tacky highlights? 2009 Times 6 June 22/3 I think it's meant to be a nod to fetish, but the effect is to make the wearer..look as desperate and slaggy as a pole dancer. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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