mindmap root((邋遢)) slatternly stresses notions of slovenliness, unkemptness, and sordidness: a run-down ~ apartment. （slovenly有2个意思，1、邋遢不整洁messy, unclean, untidy，如slovenly clothes/habit不整洁的衣服/邋遢的习惯，如he grew lazy and slovenly in his habits他养成了懒散邋遢的习惯； 2、马虎的careless, 如slovenly thinking随便的想一想，如Lisa was irritated by the slovenly attitude of her boy friend莉萨对男朋友吊儿郎当的态度很恼火） (unkempt没收拾的、头发蓬乱not looked after carefully or kept neat，如his hair was unkempt and filthy他的头发蓬乱污秽) sordid脏到恶心的 dowdy is likely to suggest a complete lack of taste resulting from a combination of the untidy, drab, and tasteless: an old hotel with an imposing but ~ appearance. frowsy may describe a lazy lack of neatness, order, and cleanliness: a ~ old office; or it may apply to a natural and not unwholesome disorder: a thicket ~ with underbrush; or it may suggest drab misery and squalor: tried her best to overcome the ~ circumstances under which she grew up. blowsy implies dishevelment or disorder: looked ~ and dissolute; to which is often added a notion of crudity or coarseness or grossness: songs carelessly belted out by a ~ singer. 这个词最早表示红面蓬头垢面的女乞丐 (dishevelment蓬乱，如the wind disheveled her风吹乱她的头发和衣裳)