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单词 lousy
释义 lousy
\ˈlau̇zē, -zi\ adjective
(-er/-est)
Etymology: Middle English, from lous louse + -y
1. : infested with or marked by the presence of lice
 < the ragged, lousy tribesmen — T.E.Lawrence >
 < lousy disease >
2.
 a. : totally repulsive or abominable : contemptible, filthy, vile
  < a lousy way of getting even >
 b. : miserably poor or inferior
  < he believes that, contrary to the popular conception, women are lousy spies — Infantry Journal >
  < forgive me for writing on this lousy paper — O.W.Holmes †1935 >
  < observed that it was a lousy war, but better than no war at all — J.P.Roche >
  — often used as an intensive
  < get that third rocker after a lousy six months in grade — Walt Sheldon >
3. : amply supplied : replete
 < the concert halls … lousy with violinists — Virgil Thomson >
 < the avenue was lousy with pawnshops — Charles Jackson >
 < they all thought the Americans were lousy with money — Maxwell Griffith >
4. of silk : fuzzy and specked because of splitting of the fiber
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