frumpy
['frʌmpi]
adj.单调的,衣着邋遢或寒酸过时的
词形变化：
副词: frumpishly | 名词: frumpishness |
a.
1. 单调乏味的
2. 衣着邋遢(或过时)的
frumpy['frʌmpi]adj.1.■(妇女)衣裳破旧的，穿着过时的，褴褛的2.■暴躁的；脾气坏的变形adj.frumpierfrumpiest
frumpyfrumpy[ˈfrʌmpi]adj.1.■=frumpish
继承用法frumpilyadv.
词性变化frumpinessn.
frumpy
■2009-07-25 The U.S. President Barack Obama admitted recently he's a little frumpy, but brushed aside suggestions that he should pay greater attention to fashion.
2009年07月25日最近，美国总统奥巴马承认自己有一点老土，但对于要他多关注时尚的建议，却置之不理。
■J: "But she cannot go on looking frumpy at 26?
J：但是她不能26岁了还穿的那么寒酸？
■No-one woman, and one chattering old frump!"
不，一个女人，一个唠叨老婆子
■There are so many different styles of fashion in maternity clothes these days.You do not have to look frumpy an ...
今天，在互联网连接整个世界，恭维的孕妇服装款式来自世界各地的向所有人提供。
■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。
■Compared with the newer energy technologies that are now sweeping the world, however, they look old-fashioned and a bit frumpy.
但是在充斥着新技术的现代世界里，它们看上去就略显陈旧落伍了。
■"Here's my attitude. Michelle, she looks fabulous. I'm a little frumpy," Obama laughed in an interview with NBC.
在接受美国国家广播公司采访时，奥巴马笑道：“我觉得，米歇尔看上去很时尚，而我自己却有点老土。”
■Her son Prince Charles is a scallywag who married the beautiful Princess Diana and fathered two children only to cheat on her with the frumpy Camilla Parker Bowles.
她的儿子查尔斯王子迎娶了美丽的戴安娜王妃，并和她养育了两个儿子，但是却背叛了戴安娜同貌不出众的卡米拉保持不正当关系。
■She got a reputation as a frump.
她落得了个邋遢女人的名声。
■she got a reputation as a frump;
她落得了个邋遢女人的名声；
■she got a reputation as a frump; she's a real dog.
她落得了个邋遢女人的名声；她真是一个邋遢女人。
■She was frumpy and awkward.Her hair was a mess.
她衣着寒酸、动作笨拙、头发一团糟。
■"I will need to sort out my dress sense and my weight. It wasn't until I saw myself on TV that I realised how frumpy I was.
她说：“我得开始注意我的穿着打扮和体重了。直到我在电视上看到自己，我才意识到自己是多么地上不了台面。”
■It represents a complete design departure from the frumpy "retro" look with which Jaguar has saddled its often well-engineered saloons for the last decade.
它代表着与捷豹过去十年设计精密的过时“复古”外形设计的彻底告别。
■They can not only be worn as a skirt, but also as a strapless dress, best accessorized with a thick, weaved, leather belt slung loosely around the waist to avoid looking frumpy.
它们不仅仅可以当裙子穿，还可以作为无吊带的长裙穿，最好是配上一条粗厚的皮质编织腰带，松垮地挂在腰际当装饰，这样看起来就不会有落伍之感。
■There isn’t much that can diminish the romantic feelings between husband and wife than to see your spouse looking frumpy and disheveled.
密切注意关于生日、假日、周年纪念日的送礼点子，把你的主意写下来以免忘记，精心挑选一件爱人真正想要的礼物。
■We aren't talking about wearing frumpy old pyjamas for a night out, but rather elegant,loose-fitting garments that have now become common amongst many catwalk shows this year.
当然这个只适合那些想让人印象深刻以及无惧于秀腿的女性，在今年的时尚潮流中，她们确实特立独行，走在流行的前沿。
■No doubt, the stylish Jinjue will get a more favorable response than its rather frumpy Chinese forerunners.
毫无疑问，相比那两个土了吧唧的厂商的车[奇瑞，吉利的车主不要骂，那是他的原话]，漂亮的俊杰应该受到相对来说更多的好评。
■It wasn't until I saw myself on TV that I realised how frumpy I was.
直到我在电视上看到自己，我才意识到自己是多么地上不了台面。”
■a frumpy housewife
穿着过时的家庭主妇
■US President Barack Obama admitted Tuesday he's a little frumpy, but brushed aside suggestions that he should pay greater attention to fashion.
美国总统奥巴马本周二承认自己有一点老土，但对于要他多关注时尚的建议，却置之不理。
■Mr.Mortenson, a frumpy, genial man from Montana, takes a diametrically opposite approach, and he has spent less than one-ten-thousandth as much as the Bush administration.
莫滕森，这位不修边幅，态度和蔼的蒙大纳州人采用的方式与之有天壤之别，他花费的钱不到布什政府支出的万分之一。
■Well I know I didn’t want to be there but I also didn’t want to look a frump either.
虽然我不喜欢这种场合，但也不愿意看上去邋里邋遢的。
■To be frank, many of the made-over examples looked a bit frumpy to me.
说实话，我觉得书中的许多实例都有点儿老土。
■Once trading wealth is accumulated it can, of course, be taxed by the ruling classes and used to pay for something important rather than cheap baubles for some merchant's frumpy wife...
贸易财富积累到一定程度，统治阶层即可就此徵税，将税金转而用于其他重要用途，而不是令金钱白白浪费于商人们肥硕庸俗妻子的脂粉首饰...
■frumpy clothes/shoes
过时的衣服/鞋子
■It's the third tour cancellation for Boyle, 48, who shot from frumpy anonymity to mega-stardom after her breakout performance in April of "I Dreamed a Dream" on the British talent competition.
这是波伊尔取消的第三个巡回演唱会，48岁的苏珊．波伊尔在4月参加英国达人比赛前一直默默无闻，她以一首“我曾有梦”脱颖而出，成为了一个巨星。
■A dowdy person; a frump.
邋遢的人