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
中文词源
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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