tatty
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++tat·ty /ˈtæti/ adjective (comparative tattier, superlative tattiest) informalCONDITION/STATE OF something in bad condition 破烂的，破旧的 SYN shabby tatty jeans 破旧的牛仔裤 a few tatty old chairs 几把破旧的椅子 —tattily adverb —tattiness noun [countable]
Examples from the Corpus
tatty• Some of our textbooks are starting to look rather tatty.• They were tatty and smelly and lethargic.• The banners we have are getting tatty as no-one worries very much how they are stored.• But a tatty, concrete post-war extension located on the south-east corner was demolished.• At the window of the cottage hang tatty, faded curtains.• But in truth he was a tatty little man with a furtive walk.• It struck her how tatty many of the buildings appeared now the lack of sun had robbed them of their charm.• a tatty old hatOrigin tatty (1900-2000) tat “dirty or torn piece of cloth” ((19-20 centuries))tat·ty adjectiveChineseSyllable
Corpus in bad condition
tatty
tat‧ty /ˈtæti/
adjective (comparative tattier, superlative tattiest)
SYN shabby:
tatty jeans
a few tatty old chairs
—tattily adverb
—tattiness noun [countable]
tat‧ty /ˈtæti/
adjective (comparative tattier, superlative tattiest) Date: 1900-2000
Origin: tat 'dirty or torn piece of cloth' (19-20 centuries)
informal in bad condition Origin: tat 'dirty or torn piece of cloth' (19-20 centuries)
SYN shabby:
—tattily adverb
—tattiness noun [countable]