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

• 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。
• 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。
• Drowsiness induced by a stodgy meal.
  饱餐一顿后引起的困倦。
• In the 1980s, investment banks, encouraged by regulators, began a transformation from stodgy, tradition-bound institutions to restless, relentless seekers of profit.
  上世纪80年代，在监管机构的鼓励下，投资银行开始从受传统束缚的平庸机构，向着不安分的逐利机构转变。
• Nor am I optimistic that we can sever the links connecting banking as a stodgy utility that provides essential services to the economy to banking as a casino offering opportunities for taking huge bets.
  银行是为国民经济提供必要服务的乏味公用事业，也是提供巨额押注机会的赌场。对于认为我们能切断银行两个角色间联系的看法，我并不乐观。
• 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。
• 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。
• The fellow was stodgy and solemn.
  那家伙古板乏味，一本正经。
• 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。
• 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。