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单词 fuddy-duddy
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
fud•dy-dud•dy /ˈfʌdiˌdʌdi/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. -dud•dies. 
  1. a person who is stuffy and old-fashioned.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
fud•dy-dud•dy  (fudē dud′ē, -dudē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -dud•dies, adj. 
n. Also, fuddy. 
  1. a person who is stuffy, old-fashioned, and conservative.
  2. a person who is fussy or picayune about details;
    fussbudget.

adj. 
  1. stuffy, old-fashioned, and conservative.
  2. fussy;
    picayune.
  • 1900–05; of obscure origin, originally; compare dialect, dialectal (Cumberland) duddy-fuddiel a ragged fellow

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
fuddy-duddy /ˈfʌdɪˌdʌdɪ/ n ( pl -dies)
  1. informal a person, esp an elderly one, who is extremely conservative or dull
Etymology: 20th Century: of uncertain origin
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