shabby
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：
She is all the more beautiful for her shabby clothing (= because her clothing is shabby).
即使她衣衫褴褛，却显得更美丽了。
She looked at his shabby clothes with distaste.
她厌恶地看着他褴褛的衣衫。
He walked past her into a tiny, shabby room.
他从她身边经过，走进了一个狭小简陋的房间。
The head waiter's eyes fell on his shabby trousers and boots.
领班的眼光就落到他破旧的裤子和靴子上。
She worn shabby old jeans and a T-shirt.
他穿着一条破旧的牛仔裤和一件T恤衫。
His coat was old and shabby, but hewas unwilling to buy a new one.
他的衣服已经很破旧了，可是不肯买一件新的。