Dowdy
[ 'daudi ]
出国 Abroad
adj. （指衣服）不漂亮的，俗气的，（穿着）邋遢的;
📝 例句
A dowdy gray outfit.
过时的灰色装束
I get so sick of women in dowdy old clothes and perpetual crepe.
我对那些穿得又丑又旧和永远带着黑纱的女人腻烦透了。
You really don't like a village girl although you said you dress dowdy.
你看不像村姑，虽然你说你的衣着老土。
a dowdy gray outfit; a clean and sunny but completely dowdy room.
老式的灰衣服；干净、阳光充足但完全没有品位的房间。
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。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※谐音“到底”:这个女人到底有多邋遢啊?
※ dow-谐音“倒”,dy-谐音“地”:垃圾倒了一地,真不整洁
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
dowdy
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）穿著单调的或过时的.
🔁 扩展释义
*['daudi]a. 过时的, 懒散的n. 懒散女人, 邋遢女人
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I'm new here, can you help me find my way around?
我是新来的，你能带我转转吗？
One swallow does not make a summer.
一燕不成夏。
since her parents had impressed upon her that it would be unforgivable to miss it and cause the friends with whom she was going to stay to make two journeys to meet her.
因为她的父母再三跟她说，如果误了这趟车，她的东道主朋友就得接她两趟，这是不应该的。