scummy
adjective uk/ˈskʌm.i/ us/ˈskʌm.i/
(OF WATER ETC)
（液体上）有浮沫的，有浮渣的，有浮垢的
Scummy water or another liquid is covered with a layer of an unpleasant substance.
a scummy pool 飘着浮垢的水池
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- Oxygen levels can plunge, killing fish and making the water smelly and scummy.
- Children should especially be kept from entering scummy water since they are more likely than adults to ingest the water.
- Skim off any scummy substance that rises to the top.
(DIRTY)
informal脏乱的
unpleasant and dirty or in bad condition
a scummy part of town 城里一个脏乱的地方
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- I threw on some scummy jeans and a T-shirt.
- The toothbrush sits in a scummy holder on a dirty bathroom countertop.
- He'd taken us all to a scummy wine bar in Chalk Farm.
- Old scummy goggles are not proper protection.
- Our room is scummy and old and smells funny.
(morally bad)
informal卑鄙的，无耻的
morally bad
a scummy way to treat someone 卑鄙地对待别人的方式
See: scum
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- This guy is such a scummy low-life, he gives pimps a bad name.
- I told him it was a scummy thing to do.
- What infuriates me is when you see scummy people dropping litter.
- I now know he's also a scummy adulterer.
- There is nothing so scummy as ignorant hate disguised as an honest opinion.