lousy

英語[編輯]

源自中古英語 lousy、lowsy、lousi，等價於louse +‎ -y。

lousy (比較級 lousier，最高級 lousiest)

(口語) 垃圾的，差勁的，蹩腳的
No offense, but his cooking is lousy.
無意冒犯，但他做的菜真的難吃。

近義詞： miserable
(口語) 骯髒的，邋遢的
I cleaned the lousy garage.
我打掃了又髒又亂的車庫。
(口語) 狀態不佳的，不舒服的
I caught a cold and I've been feeling lousy all week.
我感冒了，我一個星期都特別難受。
(口語) 惡毒的，刻薄的，可鄙的
I've had enough of lousy backstabbing at this place.
我已經在這個地方上過夠多的當了。
滿是虱子的
(口語，一般帶with) 充滿...的，擠滿...的（帶貶義）
近義詞： riddled、-ridden

The place was lousy with students.
這地方擠滿了學生。
- 1945, John Steinbeck, Cannery Row
  The benignant influence crept like gas through the Row. […] And triangulation might possibly have located it in the Palace Flophouse and Grill. Certainly the Palace was lousy with it. Mack and the boys were charged. Jones was seen to leap from his chair only to do a quick tap dance and sit down again.
- 2016, Rick Riordan, The Hammer of Thor，頁號 6:
  [I talked to] Annabeth about the Greek gods who hung out in New York and made her life difficult. Apparently North America was lousy with ancient gods. We had a full-blown infestation.
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近義詞： inundated、jam-packed、teeming