1590s, from Middle French squalide and directly from Latin squalidus "rough, coated with dirt, filthy," related to squales "filth," squalus "filthy," squalare "be covered with a rough, stiff layer, be coated with dirt, be filthy," of uncertain origin. Related: Squalidly; squalidness; squalidity.
中文解释
【记】读：死锅里的－死在锅里的蟑螂－肮脏的音：死刮鳞的，死蛤蜊的，死锅里的，都是厨房里肮脏的
实用例句
1. He followed her up a rickety staircase to a squalid bedsit.
他跟着她上了一段摇摇晃晃的楼梯，来到了一间邋遢的卧室起居室两用房间。
来自柯林斯例句
2. squalid, overcrowded refugee camps
肮脏而拥挤的难民营
来自《权威词典》
3. The Tory Party called the bill "the most squalid measure ever put before the Commons".
保守党称该议案为“有史以来向下议院提出的最卑鄙的议案”。
来自柯林斯例句
4. They live in a squalid hut in the poorest part of the village.
他们居住在村里最贫困地带的污秽小屋中.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. The migrants have been living in squalid conditions.
