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单词 shabby-genteel
释义

shabby /shabˈi/

adjective
  1. Dingy or dirty
  2. (of eg clothes) threadbare or worn
  3. Having a look of poverty
  4. (of behaviour) unworthy, discreditable or contemptible
  5. Low
  6. Paltry
ORIGIN: Obs or dialect shab scab, from OE sceabb

shabbˈily adverb

shabbˈiness noun

Shabby Chic® noun

A style of interior decoration using worn or vintage furniture and pale colours

shabbˈy-genteel adjective

Keeping up or affecting an appearance of gentility, though really very shabby

shabby-gentilˈity noun

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