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单词 sleazy
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
slea•zy /ˈslizi/USA pronunciation   adj., -zi•er, -zi•est. 
  1. disgustingly low, cheap, or vulgar; disreputable:printing sleazy stories.
  2. squalid;
    filthy:a sleazy hotel.
  3. Textilesthin and limp in texture:a sleazy dress.
slea•zi•ly /ˈslizəli/USA pronunciation  adv. 
slea•zi•ness, n. [uncountable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
slea•zy  (slēzē, slāzē),USA pronunciation adj., -zi•er, -zi•est. 
  1. contemptibly low, mean, or disreputable:sleazy politics.
  2. squalid;
    sordid;
    filthy;
    dilapidated:a sleazy hotel.
  3. Textilesthin or poor in texture, as a fabric;
    cheap;
    flimsy:a sleazy dress; a sleazy excuse.
  • 1635–45; (def. 3) of obscure origin, originally (probably unrelated to Silesia other than by folk etymology, etymological); sense of defs. 1–2 (first attested 1941) perh. represent a distinct word
sleazi•ly, adv. 
sleazi•ness, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
sleazy /ˈsliːzɪ/ adj ( -zier, -ziest)
  1. sordid; disreputable: a sleazy nightclub
  2. thin or flimsy, as cloth
Etymology: 17th Century: origin uncertain

ˈsleazily adv ˈsleaziness n
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