• adj. 懶散的；過時的；寒酸的
• n. 懶散的女人；邋遢女人
• n. (Dowdy)人名；(英)道迪

詞源不詳。

dowdy

1580s (n.), "an aukward, ill-dressed, inelegant woman" [Johnson]; 1670s (adj.), perhaps a diminutive of doue "poorly dressed woman" (early 14c.), which is of uncertain origin. The modern use of dowd (n.) is most likely a back-formation from dowdy. "If plaine or homely, wee saie she is a doudie or a slut" [Barnabe Riche, "Riche his Farewell to Militarie profession," 1581].

You don't have to be dowdy to be a Christian. [Tammy Faye Bakker, "Newsweek," June 8, 1987]

Related: Dowdily; dowdiness.

1. She looked very plain and dowdy.

她長得非常普通,衣也過時.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. Her clothes were clean but dowdy.

她衣著整潔但有點土氣。

來自辭典例句

3. She makes me feel dowdy and ugly.

她讓我自慚形穢。

來自辭典例句

4. She made the other women look dowdy and careless.

她使其他人相形見絀,使她們顯得太懶散.

來自辭典例句

5. She was in a dowdy blue frock.

她穿了件不大潔凈的藍上衣.

來自辭典例句