英语释义

• primly out of date;

  "nothing so frumpish as last year's gambling game"

片语

impish顽皮的；心地不良的；小鬼般的

ill-natured歪曲的；心地不良的

英汉例句

• apple’s annoying 「i’m a mac」 ads are strikingly personal: they pitch a frumpy bill gates lookalike against a too-cool-for-school jobs doppelganger (with added hair).

  苹果烦人的广告「i’mamac」便凸显了其个性：选择同比尔·盖茨非常相像的坏人与乔布斯的自命不凡的化身（头发比真人多）相对抗。

• the frumpy virginia woolf even went on a 「pretty woman」-style shopping expedition at french couture houses in london with the magazine’s fashion editor in 1925.

  土里吧唧的弗吉尼亚?伍尔夫甚至在1952年和该杂志的时装编辑在伦敦的法国时装屋搞了一次「麻雀变凤凰」式的购物探险活动。

• the first scene of 「you will meet a tall dark stranger」, woody allen「s newest film, brings us helena (gemma jones), a frumpy woman in a london taxi cab en route to visit a psychic.

  伍迪艾伦的最新电影《你将遇到一个高个的神秘人》在第一幕带给我们的是海伦那（芽琼斯饰）一个邋遢的妇女，坐在英国的出租车上要去看心理医生。

• us president barack obama admitted tuesday he」s a little frumpy , but brushed aside suggestions that he should pay greater attention to fashion. 「here「s my attitude.

  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。

• they note, for instance, that fashions in veils have switched from frumpy wimples in sombre shades to colourful headgear, often combined with make-up and tight jeans.

  比如说，他们指出妇女戴的面纱已经发生了变化：过去，头巾颜色暗沉透明度低，如今，她们佩戴颜色鲜艳的头饰，通常会搭配妆容和紧身仔裤。

• you’ll be happy to find that maternity clothes are, for the most part, no longer frumpy and dumpy.

  你会发现现在的孕妇装绝大部分已经不再是粗短见不得人的啦。

• 「there’s no upside to looking frumpy or dowdy, 」 said simon doonan, the creative director of barneys new york, where the campaign reported spending only $789.72, or enough for almost one outfit.

  「看上去象未见过世面或寒酸则没有上升的希望」，纽约巴尼斯百货的创意总监simondoonan称，竞选报道仅花了789.72美元，就足以支付整个一套装备。

• youtube」s 2009 star was susan boyle, the frumpy scottish woman who mesmerized the world with a heartwarming rendition of 」i dreamed a dream「 on a british talent show in april.

  2009年网络视频的大红人当苏珊大妈莫属！苏珊·博伊尔是苏格兰一位貌不惊人的平凡女性，然而在4月份的英国选秀节目中，她高歌一曲《我曾有一个梦》一鸣惊人，让全世界为之动容。

• they either look sad in their tight shirts with belly rolls, or they cover up with frumpy 「chico’s for men」 shirts that make them look old and dated.

  他们要么面容哀愁的在他们层层卷的大肚上箍上一件紧身t恤，要么用一件使他们看上去老态龙钟的复古chico「s男装来做掩护。

• she lost pounds and gained them back again; tried different diets and discovered new slimming clothes; looked smashing one week, frumpy the next.

  她减了又长回来，改食谱换新衣，这周神采奕奕，下周又衣着邋遢。 就算正在準备非同寻常的终极秀的现在，她也在积极减肥中。

• the frumpy church volunteer」s first album, 」i dreamed a dream," was the best-selling debut in british chart history and also topped the us charts.

  这位衣着朴素的教堂志愿者还发布了首张专辑《我曾有梦》，并成为英国唱片榜史上最热销的首张专辑，此外还成为美国唱片榜的销量冠军。

• 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 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。