Dingy
[ 'dɪndʒi ]
第4级
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adj. 暗淡的，乏味的;肮脏的;
📝 例句
I know plenty of dingy women; I don't want to know any more.
那种不三不四的女人，我见得多了，不想再认识她们。
The doomed leaves pass through on their way to dingy, and yellow, and red.
叶子注定要由暗淡而泛黄，然后变红。
The poor were housed in dingy, rotting buildings.
穷人住在昏暗的朽烂的房子里。
The dingy cottage was converted into a neat tasteful residence.
那间脏黑的小屋已变成一个整洁雅致的住宅。
He set his alarm for three and stretched out on the dingy bed.
他把闹钟开到三点钟，然后在那张邋遢的床上躺下。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ 谐音“顶挤”:黑暗肮脏的棚户里顶拥挤了
※ dying-垂死的,dingy-阴暗的:垂死的人脸上是暗淡的
※ ding-拼音“钉”,y-谐音“外”:把铁钉子放在外面会生锈退色→肮脏的,褪色的
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
📖 牛津释义
dingy
adj
(-ier, -iest) dirty-looking; not cheerful or bright; drab 肮脏的; 邋遢的; 无生气的; 无光泽的; 暗淡的; 昏黑的; 死气沉沉的
a dingy room in a cheap hotel 低级旅馆中又黑又脏的房间
a dingy manufacturing town 污浊的工业小镇.
🔁 扩展释义
*['diŋdʒi]a. 暗淡的, 昏暗的, 邋遢的
📖 同为「公共英语」词汇
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We are wasting time.
我们是在浪费时间。
But I was delighted to be able to say words that my family and a few friends could understand.
是，我却感到欣喜，能够说出我家里人和一些朋友可以理解的词语。
From this we get the expression to make a beeline for someone or something, which means to go quickly along a straight direct course for someone or something.
从这里我们得到一条短语"to make a beeline for someone or something，意思是迅速地沿着一条直线向某人或某物走去。