dowdy
英 ['da?d?]
美['da?di]
- adj. 懶散的；過(guò)時(shí)的；寒酸的
- n. 懶散的女人；邋遢女人
- n. (Dowdy)人名；(英)道迪
暢通詞匯GRE
詞態(tài)變化
比較級(jí):?dowdier;最高級(jí):?dowdiest;
中文詞源
dowdy 過(guò)時(shí)的
詞源不詳。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. She looked very plain and dowdy.
- 她長(zhǎng)得非常普通,衣也過(guò)時(shí).
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 2. Her clothes were clean but dowdy.
- 她衣著整潔但有點(diǎn)土氣。
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 3. She makes me feel dowdy and ugly.
- 她讓我自慚形穢。
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 4. She made the other women look dowdy and careless.
- 她使其他人相形見絀,使她們顯得太懶散.
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 5. She was in a dowdy blue frock.
- 她穿了件不大潔凈的藍(lán)上衣.
來(lái)自辭典例句