Tra từ dirty - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

dirty [dirty dirties dirtied dirtying dirtier dirtiest] adjective, verb, adverb BrE [ˈdɜːti] NAmE [ˈdɜːrti]
adjective (dirt·ier, dirti·est)

NOT CLEAN
1. not clean
•dirty hands/clothes
•a dirty mark
• Try not to get too dirty!
• I always get given the dirty jobs (= jobs that make you become dirty).

OFFENSIVE
2. usually before noun connected with sex in an offensive way
•a dirty joke/book
• He's got a dirty mind (= he often thinks about sex).

UNPLEASANT/DISHONEST
3. usually before noun (informal)unpleasant or dishonest
•a dirty lie
• She's a dirty player.
•He's a great man for doing the dirty jobs (= jobs which are unpleasant because they involve being dishonest or mean to people).

COLOURS
4. only before noun dull
•a dirty brown carpet

DRUGS
5. (NAmE, slang)using illegal drugs
more at get your hands dirty at ↑hand _n., wash your dirty linen in public at ↑wash _v.

Thesaurus:
dirty adj.
•If your hands are dirty, go and wash them.
grubby • • muddy • • grimy • • filthy • • dusty • • stained • • unwashed • • messy • |formal soiled •
Opp: clean
dirty/grubby/muddy/filthy/dusty/stained/unwashed/soiled clothes
dirty/grubby/grimy/filthy/dusty/unwashed hands
get dirty/muddy/filthy/dusty/stained/messy

Synonyms:
dirty
dusty • filthy • muddy • soiled • grubby • stained
These words all describe sb/sth that is not clean.
dirty • not clean; covered with dust, soil, mud, oil, etc: ▪ If your hands are dirty, go and wash them.
dusty • full of dust; covered with dust: ▪ There were shelves full of dusty books.
filthy • very dirty and unpleasant: ▪ It's absolutely filthy in here.
muddy • full of or covered in mud: ▪ Don't you come in here with those muddy boots on!
soiled • (rather formal) dirty, especially with waste from the body: ▪ soiled nappies/diapers
grubby • (rather informal) rather dirty, usually because it has not been washed: ▪ He hoped she wouldn't notice his grubby shirt cuffs.
stained • (often in compounds) covered with stains; marked with a stain (= a dirty mark that is difficult to remove): ▪ a pair of paint-stained jeans
dirty/dusty/filthy/muddy/soiled/grubby/stained clothes
dirty/dusty/filthy/grubby hands
a dirty/dusty/filthy room
to get dirty/dusty/filthy/muddy/stained

Example Bank:
•Everything in the room was incredibly dirty.
•Go and play football if you like, but don't get dirty!
•He's not frightened of getting his hands dirty.
•The soot had made everything dirty.
•He always gets someone else to do the dirty work for him.
•I always get given the dirty jobs.
•If your hands are dirty, go and wash them.
•My thumb had left a dirty mark on the paper.
•She always gets other people to do her dirty work for her.
•She's a dirty player.
•The dirty clothes go in the washing machine.
•You dirty liar!
Idioms: ↑a dirty word ▪ ↑dirty big ▪ ↑dirty work ▪ ↑do the dirty on somebody ▪ ↑down and dirty ▪ ↑give somebody a dirty look ▪ ↑play dirty

verb (dirt·ies, dirty·ing, dirt·ied, dirt·ied)~ sth
to make sth dirty
Verb forms:

adverb
more at talk dirty at ↑talk _v.

Example Bank:
•We would have won if the other team hadn't played dirty.