| 释义 |
grime
I. \ˈgrīm\ transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English grimen, from Middle Dutch, from grime mask, soot
: to sully or soil deeply : besmear, begrime
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Flemish grijm, from Middle Dutch grime soot, mask; akin to Old English grīma mask, helmet, Old Saxon & Old Norse, mask, Old High German grīmo mask, Greek chriein to anoint, Lithuanian grieti to skim off cream — more at chrism
: soil (as soot or dirt) usually firmly adhering to or deeply embedded in a surface
< windows coated with grime >
< the grime of toil that no scrubbing could wholly remove from his hands >
broadly : accumulated dirtiness and disorder
< the grime of the slums > |