frumpy

美['frʌmpi]

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释义

adj. 单调乏味的; 衣着邋遢的

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名词: frump;

英文词源

frumpy (adj.): 1746, "cross-tempered," probably from the frumps (n.) "bad temper" (1660s) and an earlier verb meaning "to mock, browbeat" (1550s), of obscure origin, perhaps imitative of a sneer or derisive snort. See also frump. Sense of "sour-looking, unfashionable" is from 1825, but this may be a shortening of frumple "to wrinkle, crumple" (late 14c.), from Middle Dutch verrompelen "to wrinkle," from ver- "completely" + rompelen "to rumple." Related: Frumpily; frumpiness.

双语例句

1. I looked so frumpy next to these women.: 坐在这些女人旁边我显得极其落伍。

2. My new look was boring, frumpy and did the trick perfectly.: 我的新打扮显得乏味、古板,效果却十分理想.

3. They make anyone wearing them look like a frumpy Eskimo with low self esteem.: 他们使任何人穿它们看起来像一个低自尊其貌不扬爱斯基摩人.

英英释意

1. primly out of date;: "nothing so frumpish as last year's gambling game"

实用场景例句

My new look was boring, frumpy and did the trick perfectly.: 我的新打扮显得乏味、古板,效果却十分理想.

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