| 单词 | stodgy |
| 释义 | stodgy (once / 12223 pages) adj The Queen's guards outside Buckingham Palace might seem stodgy (or stuffy and stuck-up), but they are only doing their job. Stodgy is an adjective to describe anything dull, out-of-style, or even hard to digest. Just your luck getting stuck sitting next to stodgy Aunt Irma at Thanksgiving! From the looks of her stodgy moth-smelling clothes to her stodgy or dull conversation, chances are it will be a long meal. Just hope the mashed potatoes are light and fluffy. WORD FAMILYstodgy: stodgier, stodgiest, stodgily, stodginess USAGE EXAMPLESHe, just like his midfield team-mates, became bogged down in a stodgy game in which both teams struggled to impose themselves. The Guardian(Dec 13, 2016) Needing a win to stay alive, Karjakin abandoned his relatively stodgy openings from earlier in the match. Slate(Dec 01, 2016) Leach used the road-trip conceit as an opportunity to riff on the image of his somewhat stodgy would-be companion, Petersen. Seattle Times(Nov 23, 2016) 1adj 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 Syn stuffy conventional following accepted customs and proprieties 2adj (used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned Syn fogyish, moss-grown, mossy, stick-in-the-mud unfashionable, unstylish not in accord with or not following current fashion 3adj heavy and starchy and hard to digest stodgy food a stodgy pudding served up when everyone was already full Syn indigestible digested with difficulty |
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