frumpy
英 [ˈfrʌm.pi]
美 [ˈfrʌm.pi]
- adj. 单调乏味的; 衣着邋遢的
记忆方法
将“frumpy”分解为“frum-”和“-py”。联想“frum-”像是形容一个人穿着皱巴巴、邋遢的衣物，“-py”像是“-ply”的简化，代表折叠或堆叠。整体联想为衣服皱巴巴地堆叠在一起，形成邋遢、不时髦的形象，从而记忆“frumpy”表示衣服或人看起来不整洁、过时的样子。
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英语词源
- 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.
权威例句
- 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.