stodgy
听听怎么读
英 [ˈstɒdʒi]
美 [ˈstɑdʒi]
是什么意思
(食物)吃下去感觉撑的;易饱的;滞涩的;古板的
英英释义
stodgy[ 'stɔdʒi ]
- adj.
- heavy and starchy and hard to digest
"stodgy food"; "a stodgy pudding served up when everyone was already full"
- (used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned
同义词:fogyishmoss-grownmossystick-in-the-mud(p)
- 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"
同义词:stuffy
- heavy and starchy and hard to digest
学习怎么用
双语例句
用作形容词(adj.)
- They are stodgy, slow-moving players who are asleep at the helm.
这些都是体型笨重、行动迟缓的对手,他们还在睡梦中呢。 - It's not stodgy to talk about money.
谈论金钱并不庸俗。 - She poked fun at Alec because he was shy and stodgy.
她开亚历克的玩笑,因为他羞怯,同时还有些枯燥沉闷。 - These were not the old stodgy ads listing goods for sale.
这不是那种列明打折商品的旧式、乏味的广告。
权威例句
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