dowdy
英['daʊdi] 美['daʊdi]
"a dowdy grey outfit"
"a clean and sunny but completely dowdy room"
"nothing so frumpish as last year's gambling game"
1.(人或衣着)单调的,土气的,不时髦的
If you describe someone or their clothes asdowdy, you mean their clothes are dull and unfashionable.
e.g. ...playing hostess to a lot of officials and theirdowdy wives...
接待众多官员及他们衣着落伍的夫人
e.g. Her clothes were clean butdowdy.
她衣着整洁但有点土气。
1. 衣衫褴褛的:dowdily 懒散地 |dowdy 衣衫褴褛的 | dowel 木钉
2. dowdy
2. 邋遢女人,懒散女人:understudy候补演员,替身 |dowdy邋遢女人,懒散女人 | rowdy吵闹的人
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3. 不整洁的,过旧的:bawdy 淫猥的、下流的 |dowdy 不整洁的,过旧的 | rowdy 吵闹的,粗暴的
4. 衣衫褴褛的; 懒散的; 寒酸的 (形):dowager 贵妇; 老年贵妇人 (名) |dowdy 衣衫褴褛的; 懒散的; 寒酸的 (形) | dowel 用暗销接合 (动)
I can't stand by and see my sister turning into a dowdy, middle-aged frump.
出自:R. West上一个:disheveled
下一个:in a mess