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1 shabby
['ʃæbɪ]1) [ person] vestito miseramente, in modo trasandato; [room, furnishings] misero, squallido; [ clothing] logoro, trasandato2) [ treatment] meschino* * *['ʃæbi]1) (looking old and worn: shabby curtains; shabby clothes.) logoro2) (wearing old or dirty clothes: a shabby old man; He used to be so smart but he looks shabby now.) trasandato3) ((of behaviour) unworthy or mean: That was a shabby thing to do.) meschino•- shabbily- shabbiness* * *shabby /ˈʃæbɪ/a.1 in cattivo stato; frusto; logoro; malconcio; misero; sciupato; stracciato: shabby clothes, abiti frusti, sciupati; shabby surroundings, miseri dintorni3 gretto; meschino; misero: a shabby offering, un'offerta meschina; shabby treatment, trattamento misero● shabby-genteel, ( di vestito, abitazione, ecc.) malconcio e misero, ma con una parvenza di decoro; ( di persona) che tenta di mantenere il decoro nonostante la povertà □ a shabby trick, un brutto scherzo; un tiro mancino; una birbonata: to play sb. a shabby trick, giocare un tiro mancino a q. □ to look shabby, avere un aspetto trasandato, scalcagnato; figurare male, sfigurareshabbily avv. shabbiness n. [u].* * *['ʃæbɪ]1) [ person] vestito miseramente, in modo trasandato; [room, furnishings] misero, squallido; [ clothing] logoro, trasandato2) [ treatment] meschino -
2 in the wild
((of an animal) in its natural surroundings: Young animals have to learn to look after themselves in the wild.) (allo stato brado)
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