| 单词 | dingy white |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdingy white a. Modifying colour words to form nouns and adjectives, indicating a dull, drab, or dirty shade, as in dingy grey, dingy white, etc. ΚΠ 1718 J. Ozell tr. J. Pitton de Tournefort Voy. Levant I. v. 175 This Seed is a little crooked, adorn'd with a tuft nine or ten lines long, of a dingy white approaching to red, pretty dry and brittle, consisting of a dozen hairs. 1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 56 The smoaky and dingy black are easily distinguishable in it. 1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller II. 28 He wore a pair of dingy-white stockinet pantaloons. 1937 Amer. Home Apr. 66/3 (advt.) Turn your back on dingy rusts and ‘standard’ greens that ‘go with everything’. 2005 Express & Echo (Exeter) (Nexis) 11 Jan. 12 Now, rather than being a dingy grey, the kitchen has a pristine white ceiling and woodwork and the walls are a tasteful pale lavender. < as lemmas |
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