Dowdy
[ 'daudi ]
出国 Abroad
adj. （指衣服）不漂亮的，俗气的，（穿着）邋遢的;
📝 例句
A dowdy gray outfit.
过时的灰色装束
I get so sick of women in dowdy old clothes and perpetual crepe.
我对那些穿得又丑又旧和永远带着黑纱的女人腻烦透了。
You really don't like a village girl although you said you dress dowdy.
你看不像村姑，虽然你说你的衣着老土。
a dowdy gray outfit; a clean and sunny but completely dowdy room.
老式的灰衣服；干净、阳光充足但完全没有品位的房间。
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。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※谐音“到底”:这个女人到底有多邋遢啊?
※ dow-谐音“倒”,dy-谐音“地”:垃圾倒了一地,真不整洁
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
dowdy
adj
(-ier, -iest) (derog 贬)
1 (of clothes, etc) dull; unfashionable; drab （指衣物等）单调的, 过时的.
2 (of a person) dressed in dowdy clothes （指人）穿著单调的或过时的.
🔁 扩展释义
*['daudi]a. 过时的, 懒散的n. 懒散女人, 邋遢女人
📖 同为「GRE」词汇
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He treated his employees with exceptional cruelty.
他对雇员非常残酷。
When did you take the examination?
你什么时候去参加考试？
said Jim. Somebody or something took it. We won't go until we get it back again!
吉姆说，“什么人或者什么东西把它拿走了。不把它找回来我们就不走！”