tatty

Word family

tat·ty /ˈtæti/ adjectiveadj (comparativecomp tattier, superlativesupl tattiest) → tattie

informalCONDITION/STATE OF something in bad condition 破烂的，破旧的 SYN shabby

tatty jeans

破旧的牛仔裤

a few tatty old chairs

几把破旧的椅子

—tattily adverbadv

—tattiness noun [countableC]

Examples from the Corpus

tatty• Some of our textbooks are starting to look rather tatty.• They were tatty and smelly and lethargic.• The banners we have are getting tatty as no-one worries very much how they are stored.• But a tatty, concrete post-war extension located on the south-east corner was demolished.• At the window of the cottage hang tatty, faded curtains.• But in truth he was a tatty little man with a furtive walk.• It struck her how tatty many of the buildings appeared now the lack of sun had robbed them of their charm.• a tatty old hat

Origin tatty

(1900-2000) tat “dirty or torn piece of cloth” ((19-20 centuries))

Chinese

Syllable

Corpus

BNC: 20166 COCA: 36118

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