frumpy

英語

詞源

源自frump或者中古英語 frumple +‎ -y。

發音

• (英國) 國際音標^(幫助): /ˈfɹʌm.pɪ/
• (美國) 國際音標^(幫助): /ˈfɹʌm.pi/

• （美國）音頻：

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• （澳洲）音頻：

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• 韻部：(US) -ʌmpi

形容詞

frumpy (比較級 frumpier，最高級 frumpiest)

1. 邋遢的；老土的，不時髦的

   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過來應門。

   • 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) 脾氣差的

相關詞彙

• frump
• frumpily
• frumpiness