单词:stodgiest
a. <英, 贬>(食物)吃下去感觉撑的( stodgy的最高级 ); 易饱的; 滞涩的; 古板的
s. heavy and starchy and hard to digest
s. (used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned
s. excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull
s. (used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned
s. excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull
stodgy的用法和样例:
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。
经典引文
It's not very nice. The crust's too thick and stodgy.
出自:J. B. Priestley
【近义词】
- stuffy(房间等)不通气的...
- colorless无色的
- heavy大(量)的
- filling充填物
- starchy含淀粉的
- indigestible难消化的
- dull呆滞的
- turgid(语言或风格等)浮夸而晦...
- uninteresting无趣味的
- unexciting不令人兴奋的...
- boring令人厌烦的
- tedious单调乏味的
- dreary沉闷的
- stilted踩高跷的
- moss-grown生苔的
- mossy多苔的
- fogyish守旧的
- stick-in-the-mud顽固保守的人...