shabby
要点古ぼけた、みすぼらしい服装の、恥ずべき
意味
- 古ぼけた,みすぼらしい
- (人が)みすぼらしい服装の
- (人・行いが)恥ずべき,さもしい
例文
My car looks shabby in comparison with his new one.
彼の新車と比べると私の車はみすぼらしい。
The room was empty except for a shabby bed.
その部屋には、使い古したベッドの他は何もなかった。
The hotel room where we stayed was shabby.
私たちが宿泊したホテルの部屋はみすぼらしかった。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
The adjective is derived from shab (“(obsolete except UK, dialectal) scaly skin disease; skin disease of sheep; crust forming over wound, scab”) + -y (suffix meaning ‘having the quality of’ forming adjectives). The verb is derived from the adjective. Cognates * Dutch schabbig (“poor, needy, shabby”) * Middle High German schebic (modern German schäbig (“shabby”)) * Middle Low German schabbich (“miserable”) (modern Low German schabbig, schäbbig) * Scots shabby (“in poor health, ill”) * Swedish sjabbig (“shabby, mangy, scruffy”), skabbig (“scabby”)