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Stodgy Describe Digest Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词   [Usu Adj N

英语单词 stodgy
英美音标 ['stɔdʒi]
中文释义 adj.油腻的,不易消化的,乏味的,暗淡的,塞满的,平凡的,庸俗的,笨重的
vocabulary简明 The Queen's guards outside Buckingham Palace might seem stodgy (or stuffy and stuck-up), but they are only doing their job.
vocabulary扩展 Stodgy is an adjective to describe anything dull, out-of-style, or even hard to digest. Just your luck getting stuck sitting next to stodgy Aunt Irma at Thanksgiving! From the looks of her stodgy moth-smelling clothes to her stodgy or dull conversation, chances are it will be a long meal. Just hope the mashed potatoes are light and fluffy.
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](食物)硬实的,难消化的,使人胀饱的 Stodgy food is very solid and heavy. It makes you feel very full, and is difficult to digest.
  [usu ADJ n]
  • He was disgusted with the stodgy pizzas on sale in London.

    他讨厌吃伦敦卖的难以下咽的比萨饼。

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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]古板的;令人厌烦的;枯燥乏味的 If you describe someone or something as stodgy, you dislike them or are bored by them because they are very old-fashioned or serious.
  [usu ADJ n]
  [disapproval]
  • They're not cultured or interesting, they are boring stodgy old things.

    他们没修养,很乏味,是一群无聊古板的老家伙。

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