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stodgy

英 [ˈstɒdʒi]

美 [ˈstɑːdʒi]

adj.  吃下去感觉撑的; 易饱的; 滞涩的; 古板的; 枯燥无味的

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BNC.32974 / COCA.21383

牛津词典

    adj.

    • 吃下去感觉撑的;易饱的
      heavy and making you feel very full
      1. 滞涩的;古板的;枯燥无味的
        serious and boring; not exciting

        柯林斯词典

        • ADJ-GRADED (食物)硬实的,难消化的,使人胀饱的
          Stodgyfood is very solid and heavy. It makes you feel very full, and is difficult to digest.
          1. 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。
        • ADJ-GRADED 古板的;令人厌烦的;枯燥乏味的
          If you describe someone or something asstodgy, you dislike them or are bored by them because they are very old-fashioned or serious.
          1. 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。

        英英释义

        adj

        • excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull
          1. why is the middle class so stodgy, so utterly without a sense of humor?
          2. a stodgy dinner party
          Synonym:stuffy
        • (used pejoratively) out of fashion
          1. moss-grown ideas about family life
          Synonym:fogyishmoss-grownmossystick-in-the-mud(p)
        • heavy and starchy and hard to digest
          1. stodgy food
          2. a stodgy pudding served up when everyone was already full

        双语例句

        • The firm's business declined as it continued to sell stodgy men's clothing.
          这公司因继续出售老式的男装而业务萎缩。
        • The nimble Obama startup is about to be absorbed into a stodgy, technologically backward behemoth: the federal government.
          机敏的奥巴马以一个令人专注的关于一个技术落后庞然大物的故事开始:那就是联邦政府。
        • Drowsiness induced by a stodgy meal.
          饱餐一顿后引起的困倦。
        • If you cannot resist a stodgy cake or chips, it may not be simply down to lack of willpower.
          如果你无法抵制油腻的蛋糕或是薯条的诱惑,那可不仅仅是因为缺乏意志力。
        • 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。
        • Why is the middle class so stodgy, so utterly without a sense of humor?; a stodgy dinner party.
          为什么中产阶级这么庸俗、完全没有幽默感呢?;沉闷的宴会。
        • Stodgy human resources software is getting a reboot.
          一成不变的人力资源软件到了需要变革的时候了。
        • 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。
        • The fellow was stodgy and solemn.
          那家伙古板乏味,一本正经。
        • She laughed to herself, then looked sideways at this stodgy nurse.
          她顾自大笑起来,然后斜眼看了看这个墨守成规的护士。