借自拉丁语 squalidus,源自squalere (“粗糙;肮脏”)。
squalid (比较级 squalider,最高级 squalidest)
- 非常肮脏的,邋遢的
- 卑鄙的,不道德的
- A squalid attempt to buy votes. ― 购买选票的卑鄙企图。
squalid (复数 squalids)
- (动物学) 角鲨科(Squalidae)下属的鲨鱼。
- 2008, David A. Ebert, James A. Sulikowski, Biology of Skates (page 126)
- Numerous diet studies on squalids have shown that members of this family tend to feed mainly on teleosts and cephalopods […]