(informal)worn and shabby; in poor condition (非正式)褴褛的;破烂的,破损的 the room was furnished in slightly tatty upholstered furniture. 房间里摆着装饰略显破旧的家具。 ■of poor quality 质量差的 the high, but generally tatty, output of the current Celtic revival. 由当前凯尔特文化复兴所带来的数量多但总体质量差的产品。
派生 tattily adverb tattiness noun 语源
early 16th cent. (originally Scots, in the sense 'tangled, matted, shaggy'): apparently ultimately related to Old English tættec 'rag', of Germanic origin; compare with tattered