1590s, from Middle French squalide and directly from Latin squalidus "rough, coated with dirt, filthy," related to squales "filth," squalus "filthy," squalare "be covered with a rough, stiff layer, be coated with dirt, be filthy," of uncertain origin. Related: Squalidly; squalidness; squalidity.
雙語例句
1. He followed her up a rickety staircase to a squalid bedsit.
他跟著她上了一段搖搖晃晃的樓梯，來到了一間邋遢的臥室起居室兩用房間。
來自柯林斯例句
2. squalid, overcrowded refugee camps
骯臟而擁擠的難民營
來自《權威詞典》
3. The Tory Party called the bill "the most squalid measure ever put before the Commons".
保守黨稱該議案為“有史以來向下議院提出的最卑鄙的議案”。
來自柯林斯例句
4. They live in a squalid hut in the poorest part of the village.
他們居住在村里最貧困地帶的污穢小屋中.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. The migrants have been living in squalid conditions.