dowdy
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。
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The dowdy fellow is quite unlike the general run of my wife's guests.
这个邋里邋遢的家伙完全不象我妻子的客人那一流人。
The national team would be given a more shapely kit to emphasise their femininity on the pitch and would swap dowdy track suits for skirts and jackets when travelling.
国家队队员将领到一套更合体的球衣，以便在球场上突出她们的女性特点；当她们外出旅行时，裙子和短上衣也将取代原来松松垮垮的运动服。
Hollywood beauty Catherine Zeta-Jones wore dowdy clothes for film auditions-because she was convinced her stunning looks would put directors off.
好莱坞大美女凯瑟琳·泽塔·琼斯曾经特地穿得邋里邋遢跑去试镜&因为她明白自己出众的美貌太能分散导演的注意力了。
She made the other women look dowdy and careless.
她使其他人相形见绌，使她们显得太懒散。
With long grey hair, wrinkles and dowdy clothes, the beautiful actress is barely recognisable.
这一头白发，一脸皱纹，一身邋遢的衣服，美艳性感的大明星完全判若两人。
She felt dowdy as she came through the door.
她一走进门就觉得自己的衣着寒碜过时了。