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fuddy-duddy

/fuhd-ee-duhd-ee, -duhd-ee/US // ˈfʌd iˌdʌd i, -ˈdʌd i //UK // (ˈfʌdɪˌdʌdɪ) //

老顽童,老顽固,胖子

Related Words

square正方形,正方形的,正方,正直 fogy转向架,转向键,转向器,转向盘 stick-in-the-mud泥菩萨过江自身难保,泥菩萨过河自身难保 granny阿婆,阿嬷,奶奶,祖母 fusspot焦点问题,焦点,焦点人物,小黑点 dotard骗子 old maid老处女,老太太,女佣人,女佣 stuffed shirt填充物,填充式衬衫,填充衫,填充剂 fussbudget小题大做,小费预算,小题大作,小册子 old fart老头子,老顽童,老东西,老油条 old fogy老头子,老顽童,老家伙,遗老遗少

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
plural fud·dy-dud·dies.Also fuddy.
- : a person who is stuffy, old-fashioned, and conservative.
- : a person who is fussy or picayune about details; fussbudget.

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : stuffy, old-fashioned, and conservative.
- : fussy; picayune.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounold-fashion person

Synonyms

dotard骗子 fogy转向架,转向键,转向器,转向盘 fusspot焦点问题,焦点,焦点人物,小黑点 granny阿婆,阿嬷,奶奶,祖母 square正方形,正方形的,正方,正直 stick-in-the-mud泥菩萨过江自身难保,泥菩萨过河自身难保 dull person枯燥无味的人,枯燥的人,笨人,枯燥乏味者 fussbudget小题大做,小费预算,小题大作,小册子 fussy person挑剔的人,挑剔者,烦人精,挑剔鬼 old fart老头子,老顽童,老东西,老油条 old fogy老头子,老顽童,老家伙,遗老遗少 old geezer老头子,老头儿,老家伙,老头 old maid老处女,老太太,女佣人,女佣 old poop老便,老屎,老屎壳郎,老便秘 stuffed shirt填充物,填充式衬衫,填充衫,填充剂

Examples

“Republicans and conservatives are often criticized as being humorless fuddy-duddies,” he said.
All of these things I have studiously avoided, perhaps at the cost of my own pleasure and the appearance of fuddy-duddiness.
Especially when faced with young fuddy-duddies intent on maintaining the status quo.
Not until he was well past Eldorado did he overtake Duddy and Fuddy and the trap.
Come awa in by to the muckle chair—Whar is he himsel, the muckle duddy feltered gouk?
Don't listen to the pestilential fuddy-duds who do not approve of tobacco, particularly the fussy-old-maids.
The amiable fuddy-duddy playing little politics in Washington became a gentleman of war.
And now he was like the others in the party—an amiable fuddy-duddy.

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