/ˈdɜ:ti ||; ˈdɝtɪ/adj (
dirtier;dirtiest)
1 not clean 肮脏的；污秽的: Your hands are dirty. Go and wash them! 你的手脏，快去洗洗吧！Gardening is dirty work (= it makes you dirty). 园艺这种活儿会把人弄脏的。 [OPP] clean 反义词为clean
2 referring to sex in a way that may upset or offend people 色情的；淫猥的: to tell a dirty joke 说淫猥笑话
3 unpleasant or dishonest 卑鄙的；不老实的:
He's a dirty player. 他是个不讲体育道德的球员。He doesn't sell the drugs himself -- he gets kids to do his dirty workfor him. 他自己不卖毒品──他让孩子们去为他干这种卑鄙的活儿。
dirty adv a dirty word an idea or thing that you do not like or agree with 不赞同的想法；讨厌的事物:
Work is a dirty word to Frank. 工作对弗兰克来说是个讨厌的词。 play dirty(
informal 非正式) to behave or to play a game in an unfair or dishonest way 干卑鄙勾当；（比赛中）犯规伤人