单词：dowdiness
n. dowdy的变形
n. having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or elegance
词型变化：名词复数形式 : dowdinesses
dowdy的用法和样例：
例句
用作形容词(adj.)
- She looked very plain and dowdy.她长得非常普通,衣着也过时。
- The dowdy fellow is quite unlike the general run of my wife's guests.这个邋里邋遢的家伙完全不象我妻子的其他客人。
- I get so sick of women in dowdy old clothes and perpetual crepe.我对那些穿得又丑又旧和永远带着黑纱的女人腻烦透了。
- She made the other women look dowdy.跟她相比其他妇女显得太懒散。
词汇搭配
- rowdy-dowdy喧嚷的
经典引文
I can't stand by and see my sister turning into a dowdy, middle-aged frump.
出自：R. West
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