Stodgy



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. 乏味的
• ［英］ adj. 乏味的 ( boring, dull)
• ［类］ 反义词: exciting ( 令人激动的)
• ［记］ 来自stodge ( 淀粉类食物) ＋y -> 像淀粉食物一样乏味 -> 单调乏味的
• ［例］ a stodgy book

Webster Collegiate

adjective (stodgier; -est)

• Date: 1854
• 1. having a rich filling quality ; heavy <stodgy bread>
• 2. moving in a slow plodding way especially as a result of physical bulkiness
• 3. boring, dull <out on a peaceful rather stodgy Sunday boat trip — Edna Ferber>
• 4. extremely old-fashioned ; hidebound <received a pompously Victorian letter from his stodgy father — E. E. S. Montagu>
• 5.
  • a. drab
  • b. dowdy
• ? stodgily adverb
• ? stodginess noun

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