English Dictionary

shabby

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈʃæb.i/

形容詞

衣類 人物

(of clothing) Torn or worn; unkempt. / (of a person) Wearing ragged, very worn, or dirty clothing. / Mean; despicable. / Poor; showing little effort or talent.

日本語の意味

服や物が擦り切れて乱雑な状態、ぼろぼろの状態であること / 着ている服がぼろぼろで、汚れている状態 / 卑劣で品性に欠ける、下劣な様子 / 品質や出来が劣っている、努力や才能が感じられない状態

He shrugged into a shabby coat and stepped out into the rain.

彼はぼろぼろのコートを羽織って雨の中に歩き出した。

意味（1）

(of clothing) Torn or worn; unkempt.

Miss Phyllis Morgan, as the hapless heroine dressed in the shabbiest of clothes, appears in the midst of a gay and giddy throng; she apostrophises all and sundry there, including the villain, and has a magnificent scene which always brings down the house, and nightly adds to her histrionic laurels.

意味（2）

(of a person) Wearing ragged, very worn, or dirty clothing.

The fellow arrived looking rather shabby after journeying so far.

意味（3）

Mean; despicable.

shabby treatment

意味（4）

Poor; showing little effort or talent.

His painting is not too shabby.

shabbier （ comparative ）

shabbiest （ superlative ）