stodgy

• adj.ありふれた；詰め込まれた；下品な

stodge、飽きやすい食べ物、-y、形容詞接尾辞。退屈な, 退屈な.

stodgy (adj.)

1823, "thick, semi-solid," from stodge "to stuff, satiate" (1670s), of unknown origin, perhaps somehow imitative. Meaning "dull, heavy" developed by 1874 from use in reference to food (1841).

1. He was disgusted with the stodgy pizzas on sale in London.

彼はロンドンで売られている飲み込みにくいピザを嫌っている。

2.It wasn 't easy to lose puppy fat when Mum fed her on stodgy home cooking.

母親は彼女に満腹になりやすい家庭料理を食べさせたが、彼女は赤ん坊の肥満を減らそうとしたが難しい。

3.They 're not cultured or interesting，they are boring stodgy old things.

彼らは教養がなくて退屈で、退屈で古風な老いぼれだ。

4.I want something to read.These volumes are stodgy .

退屈な本を読んでほしい。

5.She poked fun at Alec because he was shy and stodgy .

彼女は内気で退屈なのでアレックの冗談を言った。