frumpy

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源自frump或者中古英語 frumple +‎ -y。

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frumpy (比較級 frumpier, 最高級 frumpiest)

  1. 邋遢的；老土的，不时髦的
    近義詞： dowdy、unkempt、unfashionable
    She came to the door in a frumpy housedress and bedroom slippers.
    她穿着件邋邋遢遢的便服和拖鞋过来应门。
    • July 23 2005, Siobhan Roberts, “John Horton Conway: the world’s most charismatic mathematician”, 出自 The Guardian‎[1]:
      Although still young at heart and head, he looks more and more like his old friend Archimedes, increasingly bearded and increasingly grey, with an otherworldly mien – a look that should earn him a spot in the online quiz featuring portraits of frumpy old men under the rubric “Prof or Hobo?”
      （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）
  2. (過時) 脾气差的

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