grubby (adj.)"dirty," by 1845, from grub (n.) in a sense of "dirty child" (who presumably got that way from digging in earth) + -y (2). Earlier it was used in a sense of "stunted, dwarfish" (1610s) and "infested with grubs" (1725). Related: Grubbily; grubbiness.
grubby/ˈɡrʌbi; NAmEˈɡrʌbi/adjective(grub·bier,grub·bi·est)1rather dirty, usually because it has not been washed or cleaned 肮脏的;邋遢的;污秽的◆grubby hands/clothes脏手╱衣服☞synonyms at dirty2unpleasant because it involves activities that are dishonest or immoral 卑鄙的;可鄙的SYNsordid◆a grubby scandal丑闻▶grubbi·ness/ˈɡrʌbinəs; NAmEˈɡrʌbinəs/noun[uncountable ]grubbygrubbiergrubbiestgrubby/ˈɡrʌbi; NAmEˈɡrʌbi/grubbi·ness/ˈɡrʌbinəs; NAmEˈɡrʌbinəs/
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