stodgy

GRE

英[?st?d?i]
美[?stɑ?d?i]

基本釋義

adj.
<英,貶>(食物)吃下去感覺撐的; 易飽的; 滯澀的; 古板的

詞性變化

實(shí)用例句

He was disgusted with the stodgy pizzas on sale in London.

他討厭吃倫敦賣的難以下咽的比薩餅。

They're not cultured or interesting, they are boring stodgy old things.

他們沒修養(yǎng),很乏味,是一群無聊古板的老家伙。

U . membership , and in doing so shepherded their makeovers from stodgy Soviet vassals into economic dynamos.

通過整合實(shí)現(xiàn)了諸國(guó)從笨拙的前蘇聯(lián)屬國(guó)向經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)的轉(zhuǎn)變.

期刊摘選

I want something to read. These volumes are stodgy.

我要一些可讀的東西, 這些書本本枯燥乏味.

辭典例句

Why is the middle class so stodgy , so utterly without a sense of humor?

為什么中產(chǎn)階級(jí)如此古板, 沒有一點(diǎn)幽默感?

期刊摘選

The gateman was a stodgy fellow of 60.

看門人是個(gè)六十歲的矮胖子.

辭典例句

After reading these stodgy philosophers, I find his pellucid style very enjoyable.

在閱讀這些乏味的哲學(xué)家, 我覺得他的透明風(fēng)格非常愉快.

期刊摘選

Gradually it acquired its own editorial voice, and with it a somewhat stodgy image.

其后雜志逐步添加入了自己的評(píng)論, 盡管其觀點(diǎn)令人稍感乏味.

期刊摘選

She poked fun at Alec because he was shy and stodgy.

她開亞歷克的玩笑,因?yàn)樗咔?同時(shí)還有些枯燥沉悶.

辭典例句

I mean I'm not talking about these stodgy wives, Pug.

我的意思不是說那些老古板的女人, 帕格.

辭典例句

A stodgy pudding served up when everyone was already full.

在每個(gè)人都吃飽的時(shí)候,油膩膩的布丁又端上來了.

期刊摘選

She laughed to herself, then looked sideways at this stodgy nurse.

她顧自大笑起來, 然后斜眼看了看這個(gè)墨守成規(guī)的護(hù)士.

辭典例句

Even the normally stodgy Xinhua News Agency has weighed in.

甚至一貫保守的新華社也參與進(jìn)來.

期刊摘選

It wasn't easy to lose puppy fat when Mum fed her on stodgy home cooking.

母親給她吃易飽的家常菜,她想減掉嬰兒肥可是很難.

《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

These were not the old stodgy ads listing goods for sale.

這不是那種列明打折商品的舊式、乏味的廣告.

期刊摘選

They're not cultured or interesting, they are boring stodgy old things.

他們沒修養(yǎng),很乏味,是一群無聊古板的老家伙。

辭典例句

He was disgusted with the stodgy pizzas on sale in London.

他討厭吃倫敦賣的難以下咽的比薩餅。

柯林斯例句

英英釋義

Adjective
  • 1. (used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned;

    "moss-grown ideas about family life"

  • 2. excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull;

    "why is the middle class so stodgy, so utterly without a sense of humor?"

    "a stodgy dinner party"

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