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

• They clearly did not cherish the idea of working for a stodgy state enterprise, an autocratic government, or what they deemed to be an opportunistic foreign multinational.
  很明显，他们对在刻板的国有企业、一个威权政府或他们他们认为带有投机心理的外企里工作并不太感冒。
• When it learned that some customers considered the chain stodgy, Five Star developed a new icon: cartoon characters that appear to be drawn by Hollywood animators.
  当了解到一些顾客认为其企业标识较为平庸之后，五星电器设计了一个新的标识，看上去就像好莱坞动画专家绘制的卡通人物一样。
• 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。
• His doctor told him to avoid stodgy food like bread and potatoes.
  他的医生让他避免吃像面包和土豆之类的高淀粉的食物。
• But while Microsoft ( MSFT) may seem old and stodgy and desktop-centric compared to Google ( GOOG), it has a lot more experience catering to corporate customers than its mountain view, Calif.-based rival.
  不过，虽然和位于加州山景城的竞争对手谷歌相比，微软似乎因循守旧、不思进取而且死抓桌面系统不放，但它在企业市场领域的经验要比谷歌丰富得多。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Drowsiness induced by a stodgy meal.
  饱餐一顿后引起的困倦。