dowdy

英 ['daʊdɪ] 美['daʊdi]
  • adj. 懒散的;过时的;寒酸的
  • n. 懒散的女人;邋遢女人
  • n. (Dowdy)人名;(英)道迪

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词态变化


比较级: dowdier;最高级: dowdiest;

中文词源


dowdy 过时的

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英文词源


dowdy
1580s (n.), "an aukward, ill-dressed, inelegant woman" [Johnson]; 1670s (adj.), perhaps a diminutive of doue "poorly dressed woman" (early 14c.), which is of uncertain origin. The modern use of dowd (n.) is most likely a back-formation from dowdy. "If plaine or homely, wee saie she is a doudie or a slut" [Barnabe Riche, "Riche his Farewell to Militarie profession," 1581].
You don't have to be dowdy to be a Christian. [Tammy Faye Bakker, "Newsweek," June 8, 1987]
Related: Dowdily; dowdiness.

双语例句


1. She looked very plain and dowdy.
她长得非常普通,衣也过时.

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2. Her clothes were clean but dowdy.
她衣着整洁但有点土气。

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3. She makes me feel dowdy and ugly.
她让我自惭形秽。

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4. She made the other women look dowdy and careless.
她使其他人相形见绌,使她们显得太懒散.

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5. She was in a dowdy blue frock.
她穿了件不大洁净的蓝上衣.

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