dirtyとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈdɜːti/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdɝti/, [ˈdɝɾi]
• 韻: -ɜː(ɹ)ti

形容詞

dirty (comparative dirtier, superlative dirtiest)

1. Unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime.

   Synonyms: filthy, soiled, sordid, unclean, unwashed; see also Thesaurus:unclean

   Antonyms: clean; see also Thesaurus:clean

   • 1905, George Bernard Shaw, The author's apology from Mrs. Warren's Profession, page 61:

     Many persons are more comfortable when they are dirty than when they are clean; but that does not recommend dirt as a national policy.

   Despite a walk in the rain, my shoes weren't too dirty.

2. That makes one unclean; corrupting, infecting.

   Don't put that in your mouth, dear. It's dirty.

3. Morally unclean; obscene or indecent, especially sexually.

   Synonyms: indecent, lewd, obscene, raunchy, salacious

   At the reception, Uncle Nick got drunk and told dirty jokes to the bridesmaids.

4. Dishonourable; violating accepted standards or rules.

   Synonyms: cheating, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike

   Antonym: sportsmanlike

   • 2013 June 21, Oliver Burkeman, “The tao of tech”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 27:

     The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. […] Partly, this is a result of how online advertising has traditionally worked: advertisers pay for clicks, and a click is a click, however it's obtained.

   He might have scored, but it was a dirty trick that won him the penalty.

5. Corrupt, illegal, or improper.

   Synonyms: base, dishonest, dishonorable, filthy, despicable, lousy, mean, sordid, unethical, vile

   I won't accept your dirty money!

6. Out of tune.

   You need to tune that guitar: the G string sounds dirty.

7. Of color, discolored by impurities.

   Synonyms: dingy, dullish, muddied, muddy

   Antonyms: bright, pure

   The old flag was a dirty white.

8. (computing) Containing data needing to be written back to memory or disk.

   Occasionally it reads the sector into a dirty buffer, which means it needs to sync the dirty buffer first.

9. (slang) Carrying illegal drugs among one's possessions or inside of one's bloodstream.

   None of y'all get into my car if you're dirty.

10. (informal) Used as an intensifier, especially in conjunction with "great".

    He lives in a dirty great mansion.

11. Sleety; gusty; stormy.
    • 1867, Matthew Arnold, On the Study of Celtic Literature

      Storms of wind, clouds of dust, an angry, dirty sea.

    • 1984, Douglas Adams, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

      Rain type 17 was a dirty blatter battering against his windscreen so hard that it didn't make much odds whether he had his wipers on or off.

    dirty weather

12. (slang) Of an alcoholic beverage, especially a cocktail or mixed drink: served with the juice of olives.

    Antonym: neat

    dirty martini

13. Of food, indulgent in an unhealthy way.

    The waiter served dirty burgers to the customers.

派生語

副詞

dirty (comparative more dirty, superlative most dirty)

1. In a dirty manner.

   to play dirty

   Synonyms: deceptively, dirtily, indecently, underhandedly

派生語

• talk dirty

動詞

dirty (三人称単数 現在形 dirties, 現在分詞 dirtying, 過去形および過去分詞形 dirtied)

1. (transitive) To make (something) dirty.

   Synonyms: soil, taint; see also Thesaurus:dirty

2. (transitive) To stain or tarnish (somebody) with dishonor.

   Synonym: sully

3. (transitive) To debase by distorting the real nature of (something).
4. (intransitive) To become soiled.
   • 1960 March, “Talking of Trains: S.R. signalling innovation”, in Trains Illustrated, page 135:

     The markers for the slow line signals have been arranged at cab level, but for the inner fast lines they have had to be kept low in the "six-foot", with the result that they tend to be badly dirtied by passing traffic.