(of a woman )女人 not attractive or fashionable 缺乏魅力的;不时髦的;过时的 He had a rather dowdy wife and several children. 他有一个相当邋遢的妻子和几个孩子。
(of a thing )物件 boring and not attractive synonym drab单调的;不雅致的;不美观的 a dowdy dress 单调的连衣裙
Word Originlate 16th cent. (as a noun): from dowd ‘a person of unfashionable and dull appearance’.