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单词 dowdy
释义 dowdy
I. \ˈdau̇dē, -di\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: dowd + -y (diminutive suffix)
1. : a dowdy woman
2. : pandowdy
II. adjective
(-er/-est)
1. of feminine appearance or apparel : lacking neatness and charm; often : slovenly or slatternly : untidily shabby
 < an old woman bedraggled and dowdy >
 < a dowdy gray dress >
2.
 a. : lacking in smartness or taste
  < a clean sunny but completely dowdy room >
  < expensive dowdy country tweeds >
 b. : not modern in style : old-fashioned : out of date
  < two dowdy meandering novelettes — New Yorker >
Synonyms: see slatternly
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