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

• 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。
• Stodgy human resources software is getting a reboot.
  一成不变的人力资源软件到了需要变革的时候了。
• As a teen, Savannah Lengsfelder thought the stodgy old men she saw on C-SPAN had no connection to her life.
  作为一名青少年，萨凡纳认为电视上那些索然无味的老人们与她的生活无关。
• 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 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。
• These were not the old stodgy ads listing goods for sale.
  这不是那种列明打折商品的旧式、乏味的广告。
• 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。
• 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。
• Percy's adventure starts when his stodgy English teacher suddenly accuses him of stealing, then turns into a fury and tries to kill him.
  一天，顽固守旧的英文教师突然指责珀西偷窃他人物品。之后，老师变成了一只复仇精灵试图杀死他，珀西就此踏上了冒险之旅。
• 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。