scruffy• It looks best worn casual and scruffy, but everyone seems intent on continually dressing it up.• I still don't feel it's necessary to wear scruffy clothes to be an actor.• A scruffycyclist who used the Dixons creditcards was never found.• While Mr Clarke revels in his scruffyimage, Mr Portillo is a dapperdresser.• My parents think I look scruffy in these jeans, but I like them.• Their conversation stops abruptly when a scruffy man approaches the cashregister, pulls out a gun and demands all the money.• She's wearing that scruffy old sweater again.• Old silverheels have been abandoned under a work table in favor of scruffypenny loafers.• a scruffysweatshirt
Originscruffy
(1800-1900)scruff“messy person”((19-21 centuries)), from scurf; → SCURVY
scruffy ♦︎ messy ♦︎ dishevelled ♦︎ unkempt ♦︎ tangled ♦︎ tousled ♦︎ matted ♦︎ stragglyThese words all describe sb/sth's appearance when it is untidy.这些词均表示不整洁的、肮脏的、凌乱的。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a scruffy / a messy / a dishevelled / an unkempt appearance◆a scruffy / a dishevelled / an unkempt man / woman / child◆messy / dishevelled / unkempt / tangled / tousled / matted / straggly hair◆unkempt / tangled / straggly trees / bushes / hedges, etc.◆slightly scruffy / messy / unkempt■scruffy (especially BrE, ratherinformal, disapproving) (of a person, their clothes or general appearance) untidy(人、衣着或外表)不整洁的,邋遢的◆He looked a bit scruffy.他看上去有点邋遢。◆She was wearing her scruffy old jeans.她穿着脏兮兮的旧牛仔裤。OPPsmart ⇨ elegant■messy (NAmE, disapproving) (of sb's hair, clothes or general appearance) untidy(头发、衣着或外表)肮脏的,凌乱的,不整洁的◆Her long black hair was messy and dirty.她的黑色长发又脏又乱。■dishevelled (BrE) (NAmE usuallydisheveled) (literary, disapproving) (of a person, their hair or general appearance) untidy(人、头发或外表)肮脏的,凌乱的,不整洁的◆She returned at 1 a.m. in a dishevelled state.凌晨1点,她衣衫不整地回来了。NOTE辨析 Scruffy, messy or dishevelled?Scruffy is much more frequent in British English than American English. Messy, meaning 'untidy', is only used to describe sb's appearance in American English; in British English it can only describe a place. You can talk about a scruffy/dishevelled man/woman/child, but a messy man/woman/child is sb who makes a mess, not sb who looks untidy. A scruffy person, or sb with a messy appearance, is untidy because they have not taken care of their appearance. A dishevelled person has become untidy as a result of sth, for example being out in wind and rain. Scruffy clothes are old and often dirty or with holes, etc.; messy clothes are untidy (in American English) or dirty (in British English). * scruffy在英式英语中比在美式英语中要常用得多。messy意为“不整洁的”,在美式英语中仅用于形容人的外表,在英式英语中仅用于形容场所。可以说a scruffy/dishevelled man/woman/child(邋遢/衣冠不整的男人/女人/孩子),但a messy man/woman/child指缺少条理、乱放东西的人而非外表不整洁的人。用scruffy形容人或用messy形容外表时,指因不修边幅而显得邋遢;dishevelled则表示外表邋遢事出有因,如遭遇了风雨等。scruffy形容服装时指衣服又旧又脏,或者有破洞等;messy形容服装时在美式英语中指不整洁,在英式英语中则指不干净。 see also messy ⇨ dirty, messy ⇨ untidy■unkempt (formal, disapproving) (especially of sb's hair or general appearance) untidy because it is not well cared for(尤指头发或外表)不整洁的,凌乱的,不修边幅的◆He had greasy, unkempt hair.他的头发油乎乎乱蓬蓬的。◆Behind the house was a wild and unkempt garden.房子后面有个荒芜凌乱的花园。■tangledtwisted together in an untidy way or with knots in缠结的;混乱的;紊乱的◆They had to fight their way through the tangled undergrowth.他们只能奋力穿过盘根错节的灌木丛。◆Her hair was a tangled mass of damp curls.她的鬈发湿漉漉的乱作一团。◆Three people were cut from the tangled wreckage of the train.有三人是把火车扭结在一起的残骸切开后才给解救出来的。ⓘ Tangled can describe quite a lot of different things. Typical collocates include hair, curls, mass, mess and words for plants such as trees, creepers and undergrowth. * tangled可描述许多不同种类的事物,常见搭配词有hair、curl、mass、mess和一些植物名词,如tree、creeper和undergrowth。■tousled ˈtaʊzld (written, oftenapproving) (of sb's hair) untidy, especially in an attractive way(头发)蓬乱的(尤指好看的发型)◆She was an adorable child, with a tousled mass of dark curls.她是个惹人喜爱的孩子,一头黑色鬈发乱蓬蓬的。■matted(of hair or fur) stuck together in a thick mass, especially after getting wet or dirty(尤指头发或毛皮变湿或变脏后)缠结的,蓬乱的◆The dog's coat easily becomes matted.狗的皮毛很容易变得脏湿蓬乱。◆The back of her head was matted with blood.她后脑勺上的头发因染血而缠结成一团。■straggly (disapproving) (of hair or plants) growing or hanging in separate long thin bits that need cutting, in a way that is not tidy or attractive(头发)蓬乱不堪的;(植物)杂乱蔓生的◆She was a thin woman with straggly grey hair.她身体瘦削,灰发蓬乱。◆Cut the hedge regularly to prevent it becoming straggly.树篱要定期修剪,以免杂乱蔓生。