colly

• 古旧动词，指用煤灰或煤烟弄黑，或变黑；也用于比喻义，表示使昏暗或玷污。

An obsolete verb meaning to blacken with coal dust or soot, or to become blackened; also used figuratively to mean to darken or sully.

1. Make dirty or soiledC2formalbritish

   To make something dirty, stained, or filthy.

   弄脏

   • The coal dust colly the workers' clothes.
   • The children colly their hands while playing in the mud.
   • The smoke from the factory colly the nearby buildings.

   同义词befoulbegrimeblackendirtysmirchsmudgesoilstainsullytarnish

   反义词cleanlaunderpurifywash