dingy

• adj. 昏暗的；肮脏的

可能来自dung, 粪。

dingy

dingy: [18] Nobody is quite sure where dingy comes from, but the very occasional occurrence of ding or dinge as Middle English forms of dung suggests that it may originally have signified ‘dung-coloured’ (although if it came from such a source it might have been expected to rhyme with springy rather than stingy). Dung [OE] itself appears to go back ultimately to an Indo-European base *dhengh- denoting ‘covering’ (relatives include the Lithuanian verb dengti ‘cover’), so its etymological significance is ‘material spread over the earth (for fertilization)’ rather than ‘excrement’.
=> dung

dingy (adj.)

1736, Kentish dialect, "dirty," of uncertain origin, but perhaps related to dung. The noun dinge (1816) is a back-formation.

1. He was living alone in a dingy bedsit in London.

他独自一人住在伦敦一间昏暗的客卧两用出租屋里。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Then he looked about upon a dingy, moth - eaten hotel lobby.

这时他朝这个阴暗 、 破烂的旅馆门厅四周看了看.

来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

3. He lives in a dingy room.

他住在一个肮脏的屋子里。

来自辞典例句

4. Shaw took me to his rather dingy office.

肖带我去了他那个陈旧昏暗的办公室。

来自辞典例句

5. It was a dingy affair -- wooden, dusty, hard.

这是一间阴暗的房间 -- 木地板, 满屋灰尘, 床铺很硬.

来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹