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.
   • 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.

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

4. Dishonourable; violating accepted standards or rules.
   • 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.

   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.

   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.
    • (Can we date this quote by M. Arnold かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?)

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

    • (Can we date this quote by Douglas Adams かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?), 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.

同意語

• (covered with または containing dirt): filthy, soiled, sordid, unclean, unwashed; see also Thesaurus:unclean
• (violating accepted standards または rules): cheating, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike
• (obtained illegally または by improper means): ill-gotten
• (considered morally corrupt): base, dishonest, dishonorable, filthy, despicable, lousy, mean, sordid, unethical, vile
• (considered obscene または indecent): indecent, lewd, obscene, raunchy, salacious
• (of color, discolored by impurities): dingy, dullish, muddied, muddy

反意語

• (covered with または containing dirt): clean
• (violating accepted standards または rules): sportsmanlike
• (of color: discolored by impurities): bright, pure
• (when used with alcoholic beverages): neat

派生語

副詞

dirty (comparative more dirty, superlative most dirty)

1. In a dirty manner.

   to play dirty

同意語

• (in a dirty manner): 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.
2. (transitive) To stain or tarnish (somebody) with dishonor.
3. (transitive) To debase by distorting the real nature of (something).
4. (intransitive) To become soiled.

同意語

• (to make dirty): soil, taint; see also Thesaurus:dirty
• (to stain または tarnish with dishonor): sully