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单词 dowdy
释义
dowdy
adjective
disapproving
uk
/ˈdaʊ.di/us
/ˈdaʊ.di/
(especiallyofclothesor thepersonwearingthem) notattractiveorfashionable:
（尤指衣服或穿此类衣服的人）土气的，过时的，不时髦的
a dowdyskirt过时的裙子
Shelookeddowdy andplain.她看起来既土气又不起眼。
Synonyms
frowzydisapproving
frumpydisapproving
Opposite
glamorous
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Not attractive to look at
  • back end
  • be no oil paintingidiom
  • be not much to look atidiom
  • bleakly
  • bleakness
  • chintzy
  • excrescence
  • gracelessly
  • hatchet-faced
  • have a face like the back end of a busidiom
  • hideous
  • hideousness
  • homeliness
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  • scrappily
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(Definition ofdowdyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

dowdy| American Dictionary

dowdy
adjective
us
/ˈdɑʊ·di/
(esp. ofclothesor thepersonwearingthem)unattractiveand notstylish, often because of beingold-fashioned
(Definition ofdowdyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdowdy

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At the same time, he had to monitor fashion changes, lest he become old-fashioned anddowdyinstead of an unapproachable, icy ideal.
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By then the glass-walled aquaria may seem butdowdyrelics of a passing fashion of the sixties.
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An important point is that the cover and print aredowdyand there were virtually no diagrams to heighten interest.
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The accommodation had become adowdybarracks stuck out along a back lane that wandered off from the edge of suburbia to the fields and agriculture.
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We all know that many are run down anddowdy.
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Why should the great mass of our working women be compelled to bedowdyand frowsy?
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Of course, nobody wants to see in the shops packages which aredowdy, unattractive and unhygienic.
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They exist only in drab, dreary,dowdystreets.
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We can never be great if we have adowdyeducational system.
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People do not want to walk into adowdy-looking post office, on which no money has been spent for years.
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We have a great tradition of adult education in this country, but we have to be careful that it does not become a littledowdyand mouldy.
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Now the building might be described as adowdyand dirty edition of its former self, and there is an air around the place that nobody really cares.
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Everyone recognises that many urban sub-post offices are much toodowdy, but the key to improving standards in them will be the increased volume of business that they can expect.
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Apple pandowdymost commonly features a pie crust, which is broken (dowdied) before serving.
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Apple pandowdyis an apple cobbler whose crust has been broken and perhaps stirred back into the filling.
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