dingy

FREQ #32899

a. 暗淡的, 昏暗的, 邋遢的

发音

其它 /ˈdɪn.d͡ʒi/

词形变化

dingies 复数 dingies dingied dingies 三单 dingying dingying 现在分词 dingied 过去式 dingied 过去分词 dingier 比较级 dingiest 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Alternative form of dinghy.

v.
  1. 1.

    Alternative form of dinghy.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Dark, dull.

  2. 2.

    Shabby, squalid, uncared-for.

  3. 1.

    Resembling or characteristic of a ding.

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词汇关系

形容词

同义词 10

sorry dark blue dirty grim gloomy muddy dreary dismal grubby

近义相关 7

dirty depressing unclean soiled impure cheerless uncheerful

相关短语

dingy skipper dingy skippers dingy dart dingy darts ringy dingy ringy-dingy

词源

From English dialectal (Kentish) dingy (“dirty”), of unknown origin, though probably from Middle English *dingy, dungy, from Old English *dyncgiġ (“covered with dung, dirty”), an umlaut form of duncge, dung (“dung”), equivalent to dung + -y, hence a doublet of dungy.

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