dowdy
美音:
[´daudı
]英音:
[´daudı
]adj.衣衫褴褛的,寒酸的,懒散的 n.懒散的女人,邋里邋遢的女人
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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
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dowdy
/'daʊdɪ; `daudɪ/
adj (-ier, -iest) (derog 贬)
1 (of clothes, etc) dull; unfashionable; drab (指衣物等)单调的, 过时的.
2 (of a person) dressed in dowdy clothes (指人)穿着单调的或过时的.
dowdy
adj
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: dowd 'dull unattractive person' (14-20 centuries)]
a dowdy woman is not attractive, because she wears dull and unfashionable clothes
dowdy things are dull, unattractive, and unfashionable
a dowdy dress