Dingy

(n.) Alt. of Dinghy

(superl.) Soiled; sullied; of a dark or dusky color; dark brown; dirty.

录入:玛格

• Who wants a dingy woman? 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• They seem for the most part shabby in attire, dingy of linen, lovers of billiards and brandy, and cigars and greasy ordinaries. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• It was my first visit to the scene of the crime--a high, dingy, narrow-chested house, prim, formal, and solid, like the century which gave it birth. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• She was in truth grateful for the refuge offered her: Mrs. Peniston's opulent interior was at least not externally dingy. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• An old brick house, so dingy as to be all but black, standing by itself within a gateway. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• And it is in this dark dingy place of captivity, poor dear, that you pass all the hours of your life when you are not at home? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• We could not but look upon these old dingy apartments with a more than common interest. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.

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