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dingy adj.肮脏的；昏暗的 (1) 他的办公室实在是又暗又脏。(2) 这是个昏暗的夜晚，虽然天空中有相当数量的星星。 The adjective dingy is often, but not always, used to describe one's clothing or living space. The adjective dingy comes from uncertain origins, but experts suspect it may be a backformation from the word dung, which is animal excrement. So you can imagine how dirty, dismal, grungy, and grimy something described as dingy is.

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英 ['dɪndʒi] 美 ['dɪndʒi] (1) His office is really dark and dingy .(2) It was a rather dingy night, although a fair number of stars were out. If something is dingy, it's dirty. If you spend your days as a chimney sweeper, you probably look pretty dingy. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](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 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](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.   [usu ADJ n]...wallpaper with stripes of dingy yellow.有暗淡的黄色条纹的墙纸

英语单词	dingy
英美音标	英 ['dɪndʒi] 美 ['dɪndʒi]
中文释义	adj.肮脏的；昏暗的
英语例句	(1) His office is really dark and dingy . (2) It was a rather dingy night, although a fair number of stars were out.
中文例句	(1) 他的办公室实在是又暗又脏。 (2) 这是个昏暗的夜晚，虽然天空中有相当数量的星星。
vocabulary简明	If something is dingy, it's dirty. If you spend your days as a chimney sweeper, you probably look pretty dingy.
vocabulary扩展	The adjective dingy is often, but not always, used to describe one's clothing or living space. The adjective dingy comes from uncertain origins, but experts suspect it may be a backformation from the word dung, which is animal excrement. So you can imagine how dirty, dismal, grungy, and grimy something described as dingy is.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](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 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](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. [usu ADJ n] ...wallpaper with stripes of dingy yellow. 有暗淡的黄色条纹的墙纸

Dingy Dark Dirty Adjective Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 英 Dɪndʒi] 美

Dingy Dark Dirty Adjective Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词英 Dɪndʒi] 美