dowdy

音标['daudi] 读音

汉语翻译

a. 过时的, 懒散的
n. 懒散女人, 邋遢女人

词型变化:

形容词:dowdyish 名词:dowdiness 副词:dowdily 名词复数:dowdies 形容词比较级:dowdier 最高级:dowdiest 

英语解释:

名词 dowdy:

  1. British marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970)
    同义词:Dowding, Hugh Dowding, Baron Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding
  2. deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust
    同义词:pandowdy

形容词 dowdy:

  1. lacking in smartness or taste
  2. primly out of date
    同义词:frumpy, frumpish

例句:

  1. A dowdy gray outfit.
    过时的灰色装束

详细解释:


dow.dy

adj.(形容词)
dow.di.er,dow.di.est
Lacking stylishness or neatness; shabby:
不整洁的或衣着过时的;邋遢的:
例句:
a dowdy gray outfit.
过时的灰色装束

Old-fashioned; antiquated.
老式的;过时的
n.(名词)
【复数】 dow.dies
A dowdy person; a frump.
邋遢的人;邋遢女人

来源:
From Middle English doude [immoral, unattractive, or shabbily dressed woman]
源自 中古英语 doude [放荡、乏味或衣着破旧的女人]

【引伸】
dow.dily
adv.(副词)
dow.diness
n.(名词)
dow.dyish
adj.(形容词)

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