adj.过时的;邋遢的;寒酸的;懒散的
She looked very plain and dowdy. 她长得非常普通,衣着也过时。
The dowdy fellow is quite unlike the general run of my wife's guests. 这个邋里邋遢的家伙完全不象我妻子的其他客人。
I get so sick of women in dowdy old clothes and perpetual crepe. 我对那些穿得又丑又旧和永远带着黑纱的女人腻烦透了。
She made the other women look dowdy. 跟她相比其他妇女显得太懒散。
n.苹果布丁