dowdy
adjective /ˈdaʊdi/
/ˈdaʊdi/
(comparative dowdier, superlative dowdiest)
- (of a woman
女人 缺乏魅力的；不时髦的；过时的 - He had a rather dowdy wife and several children.
他有一个相当邋遢的妻子和几个孩子。
- He had a rather dowdy wife and several children.
- (of a thing
物件 单调的；不雅致的；不美观的 - a dowdy dress
单调的连衣裙
- a dowdy dress
词源late 16th cent. (as a noun): from dowd ‘a person of unfashionable and dull appearance’.