a. (指衣服)不漂亮的, 俗气的, (穿着)邋遢的( dowdy的最高级 )
s. lacking in smartness or taste
s. primly out of date

dowdy的用法和样例:

例句

用作形容词(adj.)
  1. She looked very plain and dowdy.她长得非常普通,衣着也过时。
  2. The dowdy fellow is quite unlike the general run of my wife's guests.这个邋里邋遢的家伙完全不象我妻子的其他客人。
  3. 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。
  4. She made the other women look dowdy.跟她相比其他妇女显得太懒散。

词汇搭配

  • rowdy-dowdy喧嚷的

经典引文

  • I can't stand by and see my sister turning into a dowdy, middle-aged frump.

    出自:R. West
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