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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• But while Microsoft ( MSFT) may seem old and stodgy and desktop-centric compared to Google ( GOOG), it has a lot more experience catering to corporate customers than its mountain view, Calif.-based rival.
  不过，虽然和位于加州山景城的竞争对手谷歌相比，微软似乎因循守旧、不思进取而且死抓桌面系统不放，但它在企业市场领域的经验要比谷歌丰富得多。