用作定语
▲～+n.
New buildings have taken the place of shabby little houses.新的大楼取代了破旧的小屋。
His shabby clothes were not appropriate for a marriage ceremony.他那身破烂的衣服不适合参加婚礼。
He even plays a shabby trick on his father.他甚至同他的父亲玩弄卑鄙的手段。
用作表语
▲S+be+～+prep.-phrase
The old house has grown shabby with age.那座老房子因年代久远而变得破旧。
You look rather shabby in those clothes.你的衣着显得有点寒酸。

［派生词］ shabbily adv. 破旧地；衣衫褴褛地；卑鄙地，下流地‖shabbiness n. 破旧；衣衫褴褛；卑鄙，下流