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dowdy

dowdy
[英] [ˈdaʊdi:] [美] [ˈdaʊdi] 生词本

adj.

  • 易混淆的单词：Dowdy  

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1. ADJ-GRADED (人或衣着)单调的，土气的，不时髦的 If you describe someone or their clothes as dowdy, you mean their clothes are dull and unfashionable. 

  • ...playing hostess to a lot of officials and their dowdy wives...

    接待众多官员及他们衣着落伍的夫人

  • Her clothes were clean but dowdy.

    她衣着整洁但有点土气。

Noun

1. deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust

Adjective

1. lacking in smartness or taste;

  • "a dowdy gray outfit"
  • "a clean and sunny but completely dowdy room"

2. primly out of date;

  • "nothing so frumpish as last year's gambling game"
1. She looked very plain and dowdy.
她长得非常普通，衣也过时。

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