grubbyadj.
英 'grʌbɪ | 美 'ɡrʌbi
中文adj. 肮脏的;生蛆的;卑鄙的;矮小的
词根词源
grubby (adj.)"dirty," by 1845, from grub (n.) in a sense of "dirty child" (who presumably got that way from digging in earth) + -y (2). Earlier it was used in a sense of "stunted, dwarfish" (1610s) and "infested with grubs" (1725). Related: Grubbily; grubbiness.
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