| 单词 | scummy |
| 例句 | And worse, the teeth had braces, bands of corroded scummy metal with pieces of fish and driftwood and floating garbage stuck between them. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Hopeful yellow bullfrogs cruised the scummy pond for mates. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z "They have a boggy stink, like frogs and trees and scummy water. Moss grows under their arms in place of hair, and they can live with nothing to eat but mud and breathe swamp water." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z No more toad to hop from stone to scummy stone. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z What if one of these scummy guys on the street decides he’s tired of handing out dirty business cards, and decides that a little arson is in order. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z In the green, scummy, holy water, I felt at peace. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The oily, scummy water lay still in front of them, an occasional ripple breaking languidly on the pebbles. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Abbey watched in fascination but I felt kind of weird, so I turned away and pretended to be enchanted by the scummy aquarium. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Mama was wrestling that hide out of the stream now, where it had been soaking for days and nights, gathering up its scummy, woolly slime. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z In the abandoned ornamental garden, Rahel, watched by lolling dwarfs and a forsaken cherub, squatted by the stagnant pond and watched toads hop from stone to scummy stone. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z At the bottom of the boat, a plastic bag and two empty Coke cans floated in several inches of scummy water. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z This was because it fed on living things and had grown so fat and swollen in its greed that bits of the people it had eaten dripped from its scummy lips and crooked teeth. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z They came into town once a week, their skin scummy and stinking and blackened from oil and caked-on dirt, to get a bath and a shave at the barbershop. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He willed the scummy water to flow over the sides and out of the boat. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z After a second he hauled up a scummy green rucksack. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time he finished, the clean water in his basin had become a scummy soup. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It seemed to break from scummy bubbles lanced by the sun, and drift downwind, getting thicker. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z Alan's cellphone calls, in which he loudly orchestrates damage control for a client's scummy scandal, are quite humorous. Review: 'God of Carnage' at Seattle Rep is amusing but hollow at its core ? like the characters 2010-10-07T20:49:00Z But when her work experience goes wrong, and she ends up at what looks like a scummy animal sanctuary it seems like the world is ending. Sweet Hearts: Model Behaviour by Jo Cotterill - review 2012-10-29T09:00:00Z She frets about their son, Shiva, and, because it’s the summer of 2016, frets about the coming election, and every so often ponders just how she’s “become this scummy rich person,” exiled from her principles. A Road Trip Novel Distills America Through Gary Shteyngart’s Hipstamatic Mind 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z It’s about blinkered lives, scummy apartments, dismal food, bad options. ‘Preparation for the Next Life’ by Atticus Lish 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z In “432 Park Avenue, Manhattan,” which depicts a supertall residential tower that may be more an investment storehouse than an actual home, a little scummy foam jiggles on the water’s surface. Josh Kline: Living in the Ruined World 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z Right, I thought initially the movie was going to be a competition between the scummy guy and the good guy, but then it wasn’t, which I think is what makes it unique. Anna Kendrick May Be a Princess, But She's No Damsel in Distress 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z These videos tend to be hyper-focused: Rather than tidying entire rooms, creators unscrew their moldy dishwasher filters and fish yards of scummy hair from their shower drains, sparing none of the slimy details. Deep-Cleaning Videos Are Getting Grosser 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z The series aims to be a grand tour of 19th-century New York, from the scummy back streets to the polished townhouses uptown—from Gangs of New York to House of Mirth. TV Weekend: Copper 2012-08-17T13:38:49Z Still you've got to admire the lengths he goes to: fake doctor, fake prognosis, real scummy. Clip joint: fake deaths 2011-04-13T14:49:37Z GOP leaders are referred to as “scummy” and “depraved.” The battle in your ear buds: The bros of political podcasting and their quest to reinvent punditry 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z Sometimes, scummy foam develops at the top of smoothies, making them pretty unpleasant to drink. The most common smoothie problems (and how to solve them) 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z From scummy to clean in a second … instant gratification. Who does the housework? Five Guardian writers reveal all 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z The Jawas, those tiny, scummy scroungers with glowing eyes, were another matter. A Long Time Ago in Drawings Far Far Away … 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z Washing everything in a synthetic glamour, the cinematographer, Richard Van Oosterhout, coaxes dazzle and delirium from underworld club, glittering ballroom and scummy alleyway. ‘Dreamland’ Review: The Hit Man and the Trumpeter 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z The plot is simple: A junk-shop owner and his scummy pal plot to steal a coin collection, with the help of a teenager, and it all goes awry. Mamet, ‘Mousetrap’ among new shows in Seattle 2013-01-10T22:10:12Z Fountains of silica dust drift skyward, accumulating as a scummy layer on a local schoolhouse. 'The Last Mountain': Blasting the practice of 'mountaintop removal' coal mining 2011-07-14T19:30:06Z But the new logo is just a reminder that Twitter these days is flooded with scummy and hateful people, while the best folks are fleeing. Elon Musk's absurd Twitter rebrand: Has the far right finally broken his brain? 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z “If you want to know how scummy the Razzie awards are, look no further than them nominating a 12-year-old for worst actress,” said another Twitter user. The Razzies rescind nomination for child actor Ryan Kiera Armstrong after uproar 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z NVHAP, a risk for virtually all hospital patients, is often caused by bacteria from the mouth that gathers in the scummy biofilm on unbrushed teeth and is aspirated into the lungs. Hospital-acquired pneumonia is killing patients, yet there is a simple way to stop it 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z Darwin was the first modern observer to drop a pebble into the scummy pond of disgust studies. How Disgust Explains Everything 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z Typically, microbial inks rely on a scaffold of polymers to stiffen their scummy forms. This Ink Is Alive and Made Entirely of Microbes 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z "It's a phrase you would hear very often in northern working class towns. We'd even say it jovially to other people - we say it's a scummy thing to do." Labour conference: Angela Rayner won't apologise now for calling Johnson 'scum' 2021-09-26T04:00:00Z Cuomo’s spokesperson told the AP that the time that the Justice Department’s latest request was a politically motivated "sham" and a "scummy abuse of power." Gov. Cuomo's coronavirus response, deflections on nursing home deaths in New York: A timeline 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z His spokesman, Rich Azzopardi, called the Justice Department’s latest request just days before the presidential election a politically motivated “sham” and a “scummy abuse of power.” Justice Department ramps up inquiry into NY care home deaths 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z Tap or click here to start deleting yourself from these scummy websites. Which browser is best? Comparing Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Edge, and Tor 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z She stoops to stir a twig that has fallen into a tin brimming with scummy green water and says: “This is a good colour. I’ll definitely find a use for it.” Vivian Suter: the rainforest-dwelling artist who paints with fish glue, dogs and mud 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z Fish caught from the lake need to be cleaned well and boaters are asked to avoid scummy areas. State warns against swimming, drinking water at Utah Lake 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z Sometimes a stream has dried up for the season, or a pond is too scummy to drink from, so your supply has to stretch further than planned. Climate change will mean more multiyear snow droughts in the West 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z Steam users review-bombed the earlier Borderlands games, calling Epic Games a “scummy company” and its actions “a slap in the face.” How an anti-piracy war shaped the fight between Valve and Epic 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z “It’s always scummy, but realizing that your work is being appropriated to get kids into real life gambling loot boxes ... it’s really disconcerting,” Griendling said. Luxury loot box sponsorships are tearing YouTube apart 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z Sexual scumminess is one of those elements, though arguments remain about what is and isn’t scummy. A man lost his job to a rape joke. Are you cheering? | Laura Kipnis 2018-12-22T05:00:00Z "I’ve never heard of a lawyer that tape-recorded their client without the client’s permission, and I’ve known some pretty scummy lawyers." Trump lawyer Giuliani calls on Mueller to end Russia probe: 'Wrap the damn thing up' 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z Minnesota Public Radio reports that kayakers and other visitors to the popular lakeshores along eastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin found green scummy algae last week on Lake Superior’s surface. Researchers look into Lake Superior algae bloom 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z Neither can the lone, cracked, softened bar of Irish Spring soap floating in a plastic dish of scummy water – it’s just a bad dream, shhh. How to sell grooming products to men? Plaid designs and pine scents | Krista Burton 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z The cover is blown, to reveal that the top of society looks like a bunch of lowlife men who reinforce each other’s scummy behaviour. Pity the ‘hostesses’ at this revolting gropefest dressed up as a charity do | Suzanne Moore 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z “It’s scummy, it’s misleading,” he told The Verge. Exclusive: Review sites have deep ties to the rehabs they promote 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z That, however, doesn't mean his joke isn't sexist or that Cruz isn't a scummy person. Reminder: Ted Cruz has always had a thing for erotic films - Golf Digest 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z More likely is a token across-the-board tax cut: the losers will be future generations, out-lobbied by today’s avaricious moguls, the greediest of whom include those who owe their fortunes to scummy activities, like gambling. Donald Trump's tax cuts for the rich won't make America great again | Joseph Stiglitz 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z Dogs are especially susceptible because they often drink from ponds and lakes and eat scummy algal mats with attractive odors. Toxic algae can harm dogs, officials warn 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z That said, ad tech today is unbelievably scummy. Farhad’s and Mike’s Week in Tech: Is Juice the Next Tech Platform? 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z Asian carp were imported in the early 1970s to feed on scummy algae and plants in Southern fish farms and sewage ponds. Agency delays plan for keeping Asian carp from Great Lakes 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z “I thought I’d be shouted at for being a scummy liberal,” she said. The view from Middletown: For the Bernie believers, a vote for Clinton does not come easy 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z “Particularly scummy that he barely acknowledges the violent and threatening behavior that occurred.” Debbie Wasserman Schultz, DNC chair, bumped from convention speaking line-up 2016-07-24T04:00:00Z It was dumb and scummy, but it's not a mistake worth losing your business over. How not to get Likes on Facebook 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z Are you afraid of being sued for your funding of this scummy industry? Tony Gwynn’s Family Sues Tobacco Industry, Seeking Recourse Over Fatal Habit 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z “It’s almost scummy of them. I watch MSNBC, CNN, Fox News: they make no secret of their leanings. It’s so dishonest of the tech companies.” Nevada Republicans deride Facebook news curation: 'it's almost scummy' 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z There were no childish insults, no attacks on Trump’s character, no condemnations of his scummy business ventures, and no denunciations of the percolating violence he seems to encourage at his campaign rallies. Donald Trump skates on debate night: GOP rivals are going easy on his awful policies for a reason 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z Jeb Bush is a bought man, beholden to the drug companies and Ted Cruz is a scummy politician who is in Big Oil’s pockets. How Marco Rubio Has Avoided Trump's Fire 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z Like The Bachelorette, it's a show starring a woman, but it's really about scummy, conniving, and judgmental men. ABC completely misses the point, invites Amy Schumer to be The Bachelorette 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z That made the running away together on a yacht story a lot less scummy in my opinion. For 'Arrow' To Survive, 'Olicity' Must Die 2015-05-16T04:00:00Z Then you are by presumptively unworthy, unreliable, and downright scummy. In Defense of Flip-Flopping 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z I can be pretty scummy but I’m not going to leave during the ceremony. Everything Opie, Anthony and Jim Norton Said to Newsweek, in 10,000 Words 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z It’s such a simple idea, and yet everybody rushes into every scummy activity that seems to work. Charlie Munger And The 2014 Daily Journal Annual Meeting - Part Two 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z But criminal statutes primarily target initial disclosers—partially, no doubt, because legislators wish to punish the archetypal scummy vengeful ex. Did Gawker Just Break Hawaiian State Law? 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z Come May 25th, this scummy outer edge of east London, a place of white working-class disappointment, of poor housing and worse jobs, will appear on Britain’s electoral maps in lurid purple and yellow. Taking down Nigel Farage 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z Even veteran monitors of scummy attempts at fraud — some of the F.T.C.’s staff got phony funeral notices — describe this as some sort of record for stonyheartedness. The New Old Age Blog: A Funeral Fraud 2014-02-15T01:11:00Z If the notion that venture capital is a scummy industry becomes common belief, we as a country will be at a drastic disadvantage to China and other competitive nations. 60 Minutes' Shortsighted Report On Cleantech And Vinod Khosla Is A Dangerous Attack On American Innovation 2014-01-29T00:17:00Z Crumpled soda cans, tossed by passing visitors, floated in the scummy water around its snout. Havana Journal: For Cuba, a Harsh Self-Assessment 2013-07-24T00:04:28Z Second, it might be scummy, but it's not illegal. Worst ideas of 2012: thinking you're above tax 2012-12-28T22:58:12Z The cause — fertilizer runoff from nearby farms — was well known, but even after you stopped the runoff, replanted the lilies and restocked the trout, the ponds would stay dark and scummy. Op-Ed Contributor: The Climate Change Tipping Point 2012-07-21T04:45:31Z "Do we meet and make it up?" she asked with assumed lightness of tone as the canoe passed through the scummy, winding mouth of the Cher and shot clear into the Isis. The Sixth Sense A Novel 2011-08-24T02:00:18.870Z “The Rookery;” for all the scum and ruffianism of an exceptionally scummy and ruffianly residuum chose it as their stronghold. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z The floor is scummy and perilous to walk on. The Wilderness Below Your Feet 2011-01-02T00:26:53Z "My clients are not some scummy fly-by-night hedge funds," said Kinnucan, who insisted the kind of information on technology companies he provided his clients was perfectly legitimate. Broadband's Kinnucan gets subpoena in probe 2010-12-03T19:24:00Z The sector is becoming big enough to be worth the attention of the writers of scummy software. Intego discovers Mac spyware piggybacking on free screensavers 2010-06-02T11:22:00Z But he's hawkish enough that Ronn Torossian, a scummy publicist who once told a journalist that he wants a thousand Arabs to be killed for every Jew, threw Weiner a "breakfast reception" in January. New liberal fans: Meet Anthony Weiner, ultra-hawkish backer of Israel 2010-06-01T19:30:00Z There they found a dreary expanse of bogland where scummy pools of stagnant water and festering slime heaved sluggishly with oily bubbles of marsh gas that burst audibly in the hanging silence. Pet Farm The scummy pond sleeps lazily, Clad thick with lilies, and the bee Reels boisterous as a Bassarid Above the bloated green frog hid In lush wan calamus and grass, Beside the water's stagnant glass. Blooms of the Berry The Neperan or Saw Mill River flows, sluggish and scummy, under streets and houses. The Continental Dragoon A Love Story of Philipse Manor-House in 1778 But in our opinion, adware is virtually indistinguishable from spyware, and both are scummy. Intego discovers Mac spyware piggybacking on free screensavers 2010-06-02T11:22:00Z Once the dog's tracks led aside to a scummy puddle, saucered by alkali, dotted with the spoor of desert animals that drank the bitter water in extremity. Rimrock Trail Great cypress and giant bays reared their mighty stems from the surface of black scummy water. The Boy Chums in the Forest or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades To breathe away as 'twere all scummy slime From off a crystal pool, to see its deep, And one's own image from the bottom peep? Endymion A Poetic Romance A scummy something shone reflected in the moonlight. Gigolo Their lips were scummy with a sort of green froth, caused by their eating grass and the leaves of trees. On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. All roads in Belgium were scummy with mud. Golden Lads He found his stream, a thread of water, hardly more than a series of scummy pools with the vegetation still meeting almost solidly over it. Star Born Drew, at three, seemed to take a perverse delight in the scummy water, spreading it around the cave as much as possible. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town The first sign is when the great tide of green, scummy, plant-stinking water courses down over us, soaking us to the skin, blinding me and sending me reeling in reverie. Home Again, Home Again They came out upon the beach where one of the purple patches touched the shore and Dane noted that it left a scummy deposit there. Plague Ship Near by a boot with a human foot inside emerged from the black scummy water at the bottom of a shell-hole. Combed Out These eggs are objectionable to the fastidious housewife, because of the appearing of the white and scummy looking allantois on the yolk. The Dollar Hen He dropped his boxers and stripped off his T-shirt and climbed into the tub, sloshing gallons of water over the scummy tile floor. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town Everything was astir with life in that scummy little corner. The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth Now that the sun was getting high it drew thin sickly looking clouds of poisonous vapour from the surface of the marsh and from the scummy pools of stagnant water. She Sergeant Hicks and his chum, Dell Able, had hunted through half the blazing hot morning to find a hole not too scummy, conveniently, and even picturesquely situated, and had reported it to the Lieutenants. One of Ours The rooftop was littered with broken glass and scummy puddles of meltwater and little pebbles and a slurry of decomposing leaves, and there, yes, there were the footprints, just as advertised. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town |
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