dingy
单词辨析：
指衣物、场所等因长期使用或照管不善而变得肮脏破旧的。
His coat was old and shabby.
他的外衣又旧又破。
New buildings have taken the place of shabby small houses.
新的大楼取代了破旧的小屋。
It became a shabby mountain cabin.
它变成了一座破败的山间小屋。
通常指某处所阴暗、肮脏、状况很糟的。
a dingy cave/room/street
昏暗肮脏的洞穴/房间/街道
His bedroom is really dark and dingy.
他的卧室实在是又暗又脏。
The dingy cottage is now converted into a neat tasteful residence.
那间脏兮兮的小屋现已变成一座整洁雅致的住宅。
尤指女人不整洁的，也指衣着等过时的。
Her mother was rather plain and looked very dowdy.
她母亲相貌平平，看上去很邋遢。
She was wearing a dowdy dress.
她穿着一条款式陈旧的连衣裙。
指人或物不干净且需要清洗的，喻指行为或活动不道德的。
a grubby handkerchief/kid
肮脏的手帕/邋遢的孩子
He wore torn jeans and a grubby shirt.
他穿着一条破牛仔裤和一件脏衬衫。
These are the grubby details of his financial dealings.
这些就是他那些金融交易中的肮脏细节。
相关例句：
It's no more his fault that he had a golden childhood and life than it is your fault that your life was dingy gray not gold.
他有一个金色的童年和幸福的人生不是他的错，正如你有一个灰色的人生也不是你的错一样。
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。
A dreary rain was falling as Celia's taxi stopped at a dingy six-storey building on Thirty-seventh street.
令人沉闷的细雨中，西莉亚坐的出租车在第五十七号街的一座破旧和肮脏的六层楼前停住了。
Opposite this grandeur, on the Surrey side, were the dingy warehouses and factories of Lambeth.
在这壮观的景物对面，在萨里这一边，是兰贝斯的脏污的栈房和一家家工厂。
Some kitchens looked dingy, but that was probably the result of a years of shortages of cleansers and paint.
有些厨房看上去很邋遢，但那很可能是一年来清洁剂和油漆缺乏的结果。
It was dark and dingy February.
这是一个阴暗邋遢的2月。