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

TOEFLGRE

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

• Universal banks, such as Citigroup and Bank of America, long dismissed as stodgy, argue that their vast balance sheets and wide range of businesses, from cards to capital markets, give them an edge in trying times.
  而被不屑一顾的世界性银行如旗银行美国银行、美国银行辩解说，他们巨大的资产负债表和从信用卡到资本市场涉及广泛的业务领域，在经济困难时期反倒成了他们的一个优势。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I want something to read. These volumes are stodgy.
  我要一些可读的东西，这些书本本枯燥乏味。
• For the Harvard or Yale model seemed to offer an exciting vision for any long-term investment group that wanted to do more than act like a stodgy, old-fashioned pension fund.
  原因是，对于任何希望摆脱呆滞守旧养老基金状态的长期投资集团，哈佛或耶鲁模式似乎提供了一幅令人兴奋的远景。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。