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dingy
[英] [ˈdɪŋi:] [美] [ˈdɪŋi] 生词本

adj.

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1. ADJ-GRADED (建筑或地方)昏暗的，破败的 A dingy building or place is rather dark and depressing, and perhaps dirty. 

  • Shaw took me to his rather dingy office.

    肖带我去了他那个陈旧昏暗的办公室。

2. ADJ-GRADED (衣服、室内陈设等)肮脏的，褪色的，暗淡的 Dingy clothes, curtains, or furnishings look dirty or dull. 

  • ...wallpaper with stripes of dingy yellow.

    有暗淡的黄色条纹的墙纸

Adjective

1. thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot;

  • "a miner's begrimed face"
  • "dingy linen"
  • "grimy hands"
  • "grubby little fingers"
  • "a grungy kitchen"

2. (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear;

  • "dirty" is often used in combination
  • "a dirty (or dingy) white"
  • "the muddied gray of the sea"
  • "muddy colors"
  • "dirty-green walls"
  • "dirty-blonde hair"

3. depressing in character or appearance;

  • "drove through dingy streets"
  • "the dismal prison twilight"- Charles Dickens
  • "drab old buildings"
  • "a dreary mining town"
  • "gloomy tenements"
  • "sorry routine that follows on the heels of death"- B.A.Williams