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dowdy

音標['daudi] 讀音

漢語翻譯


a. 過時的, 懶散
n. 懶散女人, 邋遢女人

詞型變化:

形容詞:dowdyish 名詞:dowdiness 副詞:dowdily 名詞複數:dowdies 形容詞比較級:dowdier 最高級:dowdiest 

英文解釋:

名詞 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)
    同義詞:Dowding, Hugh Dowding, Baron Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding
  2. deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust
    同義詞:pandowdy

形容詞 dowdy:

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 primly out of date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

例句:

  1. A dowdy gray outfit.
    過時的灰色裝束

詳細解釋:


dow.dy

adj.(形容詞)
dow.di.er,dow.di.est
Lacking stylishness or neatness; shabby:
整潔的或衣著過時的;邋遢的:
例句:
a dowdy gray outfit.
過時的灰色裝束

Old-fashioned; antiquated.
老式的;過時的
n.(名詞)
【複數】 dow.dies
A dowdy person; a frump.
邋遢的人;邋遢女人

來源:
From Middle English doude [immoral, unattractive, or shabbily dressed woman]
源自 中古英文 doude [放蕩、乏味或衣著破舊的女人]

【引伸】
dow.dily
adv.(副詞)
dow.diness
n.(名詞)
dow.dyish
adj.(形容詞)

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