grime

IPA/ɡraɪm/
KK[ɡrˈaɪm]IPA/ɡraɪm/

grime — 名詞

1. a thick, dark layer of dirt that sticks to surfaces, especially when it has buil

1.名詞B1
釋義

汙垢

附著在表面的厚層髒汙

a thick, dark layer of dirt that sticks to surfaces, especially when it has built up over a long time from dust, smoke, or grease

例句

A thick layer of grime had built up on the kitchen walls near the stove.

爐子附近的廚房牆壁上積了一層厚厚的汙垢。

collocation: thick layer of grime

Charlotte spent the whole morning scrubbing the grime off the bathroom tiles.

Charlotte 花了一整個早上刷洗浴室磁磚上的汙垢。

同義詞
  • dirt

    more general; grime suggests a thicker, greasier layer, while dirt can be any kind of soil or stain

  • filth

    stronger and more unpleasant; implies disgust

  • soot

    specific to black powder from burning fuel; grime is broader

反義詞

用法筆記

Frequently paired with verbs like 'scrub off', 'remove', 'wash away', and nouns like 'layer', 'build-up'.

常見錯誤

❌I need to clean the grimes off the floor.
✅I need to clean the grime off the floor.
💡grime is uncountable and has no plural form.

2. a fast-paced form of UK dance music with a heavy bass line and spoken lyrics, fi

2.名詞B2
釋義

grime

2000年代源自英國的快速電子舞曲

a fast-paced form of UK dance music with a heavy bass line and spoken lyrics, first popular in the early 2000s

例句

Kabir listens to grime almost every day on his way to work.

Kabir 幾乎每天上班的路上都會聽 grime 音樂。

The grime scene first appeared in East London in the early 2000s.

Grime 場景最早出現在 2000 年代初期的倫敦東區。

collocation: grime scene

同義詞
  • UK garage

    an earlier genre that influenced grime; slower and more focused on singing

  • drill

    a later, darker sub-genre of rap that shares grime's UK origins but has a different beat pattern

  • drum and bass

    a related fast-tempo electronic genre, but less focused on spoken lyrics

用法筆記

Unlike 'dirt' (sense 1), this sense always refers to the music genre and is typically used with modifiers like 'grime artist', 'grime track', or 'grime scene'.