dowdy
英 [ˈdaʊdi]
美 [ˈdaʊdi]
adj. 缺乏魅力的; 不时髦的; 过时的; 单调的; 不雅致的; 不美观的
BNC.21877 / COCA.24720
同义词辨析
shabbydingydowdygrubby【导航词义：脏的，破旧的】
shabbyadj. 破旧的，破烂的
〔辨析〕
指衣物、场所等因长期使用或照管不善而变得肮脏破旧的。
〔例证〕
His coat was old and shabby.
他的外衣又旧又破。
New buildings have taken the place of shabby small houses.
新的大楼取代了破旧的小屋。
It became a shabby mountain cabin.
它变成了一座破败的山间小屋。
他的外衣又旧又破。
New buildings have taken the place of shabby small houses.
新的大楼取代了破旧的小屋。
It became a shabby mountain cabin.
它变成了一座破败的山间小屋。
dingyadj. 肮脏的
〔辨析〕
通常指某处所阴暗、肮脏、状况很糟的。
〔例证〕
a dingy cave/room/street
昏暗肮脏的洞穴/房间/街道
His bedroom is really dark and dingy.
他的卧室实在是又暗又脏。
The dingy cottage is now converted into a neat tasteful residence.
那间脏兮兮的小屋现已变成一座整洁雅致的住宅。
昏暗肮脏的洞穴/房间/街道
His bedroom is really dark and dingy.
他的卧室实在是又暗又脏。
The dingy cottage is now converted into a neat tasteful residence.
那间脏兮兮的小屋现已变成一座整洁雅致的住宅。
dowdyadj. 邋遢的；过时的
〔辨析〕
尤指女人不整洁的，也指衣着等过时的。
〔例证〕
Her mother was rather plain and looked very dowdy.
她母亲相貌平平，看上去很邋遢。
She was wearing a dowdy dress.
她穿着一条款式陈旧的连衣裙。
她母亲相貌平平，看上去很邋遢。
She was wearing a dowdy dress.
她穿着一条款式陈旧的连衣裙。
grubbyadj. 肮脏的，不洁的
〔辨析〕
指人或物不干净且需要清洗的，喻指行为或活动不道德的。
〔例证〕
a grubby handkerchief/kid
肮脏的手帕/邋遢的孩子
He wore torn jeans and a grubby shirt.
他穿着一条破牛仔裤和一件脏衬衫。
These are the grubby details of his financial dealings.
这些就是他那些金融交易中的肮脏细节。
肮脏的手帕/邋遢的孩子
He wore torn jeans and a grubby shirt.
他穿着一条破牛仔裤和一件脏衬衫。
These are the grubby details of his financial dealings.
这些就是他那些金融交易中的肮脏细节。
牛津词典
adj.
- 缺乏魅力的；不时髦的；过时的
not attractive or fashionable - 单调的；不雅致的；不美观的
dull or boring and not attractive- a dowdy dress
单调的连衣裙
- a dowdy dress
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED (人或衣着)单调的，土气的，不时髦的
If you describe someone or their clothes asdowdy, you mean their clothes are dull and unfashionable.- ...playing hostess to a lot of officials and their dowdy wives...
接待众多官员及他们衣着落伍的夫人 - Her clothes were clean but dowdy.
她衣着整洁但有点土气。
- ...playing hostess to a lot of officials and their dowdy wives...
英英释义
noun
- deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust
adj
- primly out of date
- nothing so frumpish as last year's gambling game
- lacking in smartness or taste
- a dowdy grey outfit
- a clean and sunny but completely dowdy room
双语例句
- 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 the18th 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。 - With long grey hair, wrinkles and dowdy clothes, the beautiful actress is barely recognisable.
这一头白发，一脸皱纹，一身邋遢的衣服，美艳性感的大明星完全判若两人。 - She looked very plain and dowdy.
她长得非常普通，衣也过时。 - China's stock market mania has reached the dowdy, two-room offices of the Tiancheng pawnshop in central Shanghai.
中国股市的狂热，已经波及上海市中心天成典当行。 - In a dream sequence, from a forthcoming episode in the show's final season called Million Dollar Smile, the much loved character finally loses her braces and shakes off her dowdy image.
在“百万美元微笑”这一集，我们的女主角终于摘掉牙套，和那个土气又寒酸的形象说拜拜了。 - 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。 - In a skinny-celebrity-obsessed world, it has been difficult to overcome the dowdy image of plus size.
在痴迷身材纤细的名人的世界里，大码服装很难推翻古板过时的形象。 - DAVID DOWDY: "These tests are actively doing people harm by causing them either to take medicines that they don't need or delaying the diagnosis that they actually do need, to get better."
大卫·道狄：“这些检查会促成对人的伤害，或是通过让他们服用根本不需要的药物，或者是延误了本来必需的诊断，耽误了那些对他们更有益处的治疗。” - Fairmont wants a repositioning, not a restoration, he says, adding they don't want a dowdy museum piece.
卡尔称，费尔蒙想要重新设计，而不是改造。他还说：他们不想要一个过时的博物馆。 - Dowdy on the outside, its entrance is a riotous stairway to arts and crafts heaven.
尽管这家博物馆的外表平淡无奇，但其入口却是一条通往艺术与工艺殿堂的台阶。