| 单词 | dingy-walled |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdingy-walled c. Forming adjectives with the sense ‘that has (a) dingy ——’, by combining with a noun + -ed, as dingy-coloured, dingy-walled, etc. ΚΠ ?1783 J. Edwards Direct. Composition Telescopes 7 The Acid contained in the Air, by acting upon it, extracts the Copper from the Tin, and turns the Metal into a dirty or dingy colored Speculum. 1872 Appletons' Jrnl. 8 June 637/3 My attention was first led up that dingy-walled side-street by a picturesque domestic scene upon the curb-stone at the corner. 1920 H. G. Wells Outl. Hist. 201 Narrow and dingy-spirited specialists. 2019 J. Naremore Film Noir: Very Short Introd. ii. 30 [Graham] Greene's entertainments take place in what reviewers called ‘Greeneland’, a world of dingy-roomed houses, canned fish, and drooping aspidistras. < as lemmas |
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