英単語

dowdyの意味・使い方・発音

dowdy

英 ['daʊdɪ] 美 ['daʊdi]
  • adj.怠惰な; 時代遅れの; みすぼらしい
  • n. 怠け者の女;みすぼらしい女
  • n. (ダウディ)人の名前;(英)Dowdy

語源


ダウディ

語源は不明。

英語の語源


dowdy
1580s (n.), "an aukward, ill-dressed, inelegant woman" [Johnson]; 1670s (adj.), perhaps a diminutive of doue "poorly dressed woman" (early 14c.), which is of uncertain origin. The modern use of dowd (n.) is most likely a back-formation from dowdy. "If plaine or homely, wee saie she is a doudie or a slut" [Barnabe Riche, "Riche his Farewell to Militarie profession," 1581].
You don't have to be dowdy to be a Christian. [Tammy Faye Bakker, "Newsweek," June 8, 1987]
Related: Dowdily; dowdiness.

例文


1. She looked very plain and dowdy .
彼女はとても普通の顔をしていて、服も時代遅れだ。

2.Her clothes were clean but dowdy .
彼女は身なりは清潔だが少し野暮ったい。

3.She makes me feel dowdy and ugly.
彼女は私を恥ずかしがらせた。

4.She made the other women look dowdy and careless.
彼女は他の人を見劣りさせ、彼女たちを怠惰に見せる。

5.She was in a dowdy blue frock.
彼女はきれいではない青い上着を着ていた。

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