dowdy
dowdy 英 [ˈdaʊdi] 美 [ˈdaʊdi]
adj. 懒散的；过时的；寒酸的 n. 懒散的女人；邋遢女人
名词复数:dowdies 比较级:dowdier 最高级:dowdiest
- Someone dowdy dresses badly and has a shabby, unstylish appearance. If you can’t remember the last time you went shopping, beware, you may be dowdy.
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- adj. 懒散的；过时的；寒酸的
- n. 懒散的女人；邋遢女人
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1. "The Duchess of dowdy strikes again," wrote Blackwell.
他说：“寒酸公爵夫人又来了。
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2. For the female mole attending a black-tie affair, surveillance equipment didn't have to be dowdy.
对于出席隆重聚会的女特工来说，监控器具也不能显得太过寒酸。
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3. With Herrera's tasteful treatment, though, there was nothing ditzy, dated or dowdy on her runway Monday, even if the bold flowers themselves were inspired by botanical plates from the 18th century.
在海莱拉品味的处理之下，尽管这些大胆的花卉灵感来自于18世纪的植绘盘子，她周一的秀台上并没有陈旧或者寒酸。
- 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].
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