| 词汇 | lousy |
| 释义 | lousy Theme: UNDESIRABLE mod. rotten; poor; bad.This is a lousy day.This mushy stuff is lousy. Do I have to eat it? lousy adjective contemptible, shoddy, bad. Because of the association with body lice, the term was deemed vulgar if not taboo in the US well into the C20 UK, 1386lousyAwful; very poor in quality. I've always been lousy with spelling. I've just never cared enough to learn it properly. Wow, the food here is really lousy. lousy with (something)Having an abundance of something; having more of something than one needs or knows what to do with. We don't need another accountant—we're lousy with accountants! What we need is someone to overhaul our social media presence. My grandmother was obsessed with taxidermy, so her house was lousy with stuffed bodies of various animals. lousy with someone or somethingInf. having lots of someone or something. (Like an infestation of lice.) Old Mr. Wilson is lousy with money. Tiffany is lousy with jewels and furs, but she's got bad teeth. lousy withAbundantly supplied, as in He's lousy with money. Like louse up, this expression alludes to being infested with lice. [First half of 1800s] lousy(ˈlɑʊzi) mod. rotten; poor; bad. This mushy stuff is lousy. Do I have to eat it? lousy with someone/something mod. having lots of someone or something. (Like an infestation of lice.) Tiffany is lousy with jewels and furs, but she’s got bad teeth. |
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