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
• 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

• 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。
• 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。
• Percy's adventure starts when his stodgy English teacher suddenly accuses him of stealing, then turns into a fury and tries to kill him.
  一天，顽固守旧的英文教师突然指责珀西偷窃他人物品。之后，老师变成了一只复仇精灵试图杀死他，珀西就此踏上了冒险之旅。
• 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。
• 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。
• Drowsiness induced by a stodgy meal.
  饱餐一顿后引起的困倦。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• They clearly did not cherish the idea of working for a stodgy state enterprise, an autocratic government, or what they deemed to be an opportunistic foreign multinational.
  很明显，他们对在刻板的国有企业、一个威权政府或他们他们认为带有投机心理的外企里工作并不太感冒。