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dingy + noun
dingy 作定语修饰名词，常形容地方或物品的肮脏、灰暗。
They lived in a dingy apartment.
他们住在一间邋遢的公寓里。
昏暗的；暗淡的
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昏暗的；暗淡的
Dark and dull in color or light.
They lived in a dingy apartment.
他们住在一间邋遢的公寓里。
黑暗,暗淡
Dark, dull.
破旧,肮脏,未被照顾
Shabby, squalid, uncared-for.
The old basement was so dingy that we could barely see the walls.
那个旧地下室非常昏暗，我们几乎看不清墙壁。
She wore a dingy gray sweater that had lost its original color.
她穿着一件褪色成暗灰色的毛衣，失去了原本的颜色。
After a week of rain, the town looked dingy and depressing.
下了一周的雨后，小镇显得灰暗而令人沮丧。
dingy 作定语修饰名词，常形容地方或物品的肮脏、灰暗。
They lived in a dingy apartment.
他们住在一间邋遢的公寓里。
dingy 作表语，与系动词连用，描述主语的状态。
The wallpaper looked dingy and old.
墙纸看起来又脏又旧。
比较级形式，常用于对比。
This hotel is even dingier than the last one.
这家旅馆比上一家更加破旧昏暗。
最高级形式，强调极端程度。
That was the dingiest room I've ever seen.
那是我见过的最邋遢的房间。
Not this
This room looks more dingy than that one.
Use this
This room looks dingier than that one.
比较级错误：形容词 dingy 以 -y 结尾，应变为 i 再加 -er 构成比较级 dingier，而非使用 more dingy。
Not this
We sailed the dingy across the lake.
Use this
We sailed the dinghy across the lake.
名词误用：dingy 是形容词，意为‘肮脏的’，不可作为名词表示小船；应为 dinghy（小船），注意拼写差异。
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昏暗的房间
The hotel room was small and dingy.
这家旅馆的房间又小又昏暗。
破旧的公寓
They lived in a dingy apartment near the station.
他们住在车站附近一间破旧的公寓里。
昏暗的光线
He read by the dingy light of a single bulb.
他借着唯一一只灯泡昏暗的光线看书。
肮脏的窗帘
The dingy curtains hadn't been washed in years.
这些肮脏的窗帘多年没洗了。
阴暗的街道
She walked down a narrow, dingy street.
她沿着一条狭窄阴暗的街道走着。
昏暗的地下室
The files were stored in a dingy basement.
文件存放在一间昏暗的地下室里。
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拼写里有 ding，想象“叮”的一声灯灭了，房间昏暗、破旧又脏乱。
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常描述房间、街区等环境、描述衣物、家具等物品的外观 该词通常用于日常口语和一般叙述，多用来形容因肮脏、破旧或光线不足而显得暗淡的事物；正式书面语中不算常用，但也不带强烈的贬义。
无常用词与 /ˈdɪŋdʒi/ 完全押韵。stingy、mingy、cringey 发音为 /-ɪndʒi/，声音最接近；dinghy、springy、stringy 拼写都以 -ingy 结尾，但读作 /-ɪŋi/，注意不要混淆。
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