形容词，意为"邋遢的、不整洁的、破旧的"，用来描述外表不修边幅、衣着凌乱或物品陈旧破损的样子。
/ˈskrʌfi/
He looked scruffy in his old jeans and wrinkled shirt.
他穿着旧牛仔裤和皱巴巴的衬衫，看起来很邋遢。
Despite his scruffy appearance, the professor was one of the most brilliant minds in the department, and his students quickly learned not to judge him by his disheveled look.
尽管这位教授外表邋遢，但他却是系里最杰出的学者之一，学生们很快就学会了不以貌取人。
Scruffy 源自英语方言词 scruff，意为"颈背"或"不整洁的东西"，可能与古北欧语 skrūfr（意为"碎屑、杂物"）有关。该词在19世纪中期开始广泛使用，最初用来形容外表脏乱、不修边幅的人，后来也扩展到形容破旧的物品或场所。后缀 -y 使其成为形容词，表示"具有……特征的"。
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