stodgy

美 [ˈstɑːdʒi]英 [ˈstɒdʒi]
  • adj.乏味的;古板的;易饱的;枯燥无味的;滞涩的;吃下去感觉撑的

最高级: stodgiest 比较级: stodgier

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adj.

1

吃下去感觉撑的;易饱的
heavy and making you feel very full

2

滞涩的;古板的;枯燥无味的
serious and boring; not exciting

stodgy

频次

  • 1
    ADJ-GRADED (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.

    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。

  • 2
    ADJ-GRADED 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.

    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。

adj

1
excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull
why is the middle class so stodgy, so utterly without a sense of humor?
a stodgy dinner party
Synonym: stuffy
2
(used pejoratively) out of fashion;old fashioned
moss-grown ideas about family life
Synonym: fogyish moss-grown mossy stick-in-the-mud(p)
3
heavy and starchy and hard to digest
stodgy food
a stodgy pudding served up when everyone was already full

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  1. 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。

  2. 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。

  3. 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。

  4. It wasn 't easy to lose puppy fat when Mum fed her on stodgy home cooking .

    母亲给她吃易饱的家常菜,她想减掉婴儿肥可是很难。

  5. The gateman was a stodgy fellow of 60 .

    看门人是个六十岁的矮胖子。

  6. The food was good , although a little stodgy .

    这食物虽然不太好消化,但是好吃。

  7. New owner ship can often bring a fresh outlook to stodgy companies .

    新的物主常能给死气沉沉的公司带来新气象。

  8. I want something to read . These volumes are stodgy .

    我要一些可读的东西,这些书本本枯燥乏味。

  9. 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。

  10. His doctor told him to avoid stodgy food like bread and potatoes .

    他的医生让他避免吃像面包和土豆之类的高淀粉的食物。

  11. Fat face is result of stodgy comfort food , wine and puddings .

    酒足饭饱和可口布丁都会导致面部发福。

  12. 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。

  13. will it make the gray shingles look stodgy ?

    会显得那些灰色木瓦很乏味吗

  14. The winter weather means many of us indulge in stodgy comfort food , wine and puddings .

    冬季的天气状况会让很多人沉溺于饱食适口食品、美酒和布丁。

  15. Income stocks have a reputation . They 're boring . They 're stodgy .

    高息股有一种名声在外的说法,就是这些股票沉闷而笨拙。

  16. I guess they needed it , for history indicated that medieval recipes were heavy and stodgy .

    我猜想,当时的人们需要吃姜来帮助消化。因为史料记载,中世纪人们的食谱口味重、油腻。

  17. Eventually , returns would probably have fallen to a level in-line with the stodgier universal banks anyway .

    不管怎样,其回报率最终很可能还是会降到那些笨重的全能银行的水平。

  18. I mean I 'm not talking about these stodgy wives , pug .

    我的意思不是说那些老古板的女人,帕格。

  19. 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。

  20. If this trend continues , limitless digital goods will be the intricate icing on a stodgy economic cake .

    如果这种趋势持续下去,无限的数字化商品将成为经济大蛋糕上精美的糖霜。

  21. But we all know that sad , thick-doughed , stodgy , indifferent dumplings abound .

    但是我们都知道,到处都有那种难看、厚皮、硬实、难吃的饺子。

  22. 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。

  23. 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。

  24. Generally , the investment banks weren 't subject to regulation by the Federal Reserve and didn 't have to adhere to stodgy capital requirements .

    一般来说,投资银行不受美国联邦储备的管制,并且不受单一的资本要求的约束。

  25. Drowsiness induced by a stodgy meal .

    饱餐一顿后引起的困倦。

  26. The trick to completing your Ajax overhaul is using this plug-in to transform stodgy forms into nifty Ajax widgets .

    完成Ajax改造的技巧就是用此插件来将繁琐的表单转化为漂亮的Ajax小部件。

  27. The fellow was stodgy and solemn .

    那家伙古板乏味,一本正经。

  28. The world sees London , with its mature economy and buttoned-up banking world , as a stodgy , unexciting place to live and do business .

    全世界都认为,伦敦拥有成熟的经济和完善的金融体系,可是在那里定居、经商则枯燥无味。

  29. 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。

  30. In return , they spend a lot of time teasing me about my big ears or stodgy suits & and Michelle is always happy to join them .

    而萨沙和玛利亚大部分时间都在调侃我的大耳朵或者古板的西装&米歇尔也经常会加入,她们其乐融融。