And while many shows portray overweight women as 20 dowdy, Ms. Elliott, whose performance as Jane has 21 captivated reviewers, has also become something of a fashion trendsetter.(許多劇集將肥胖女人塑造成俗氣又邋遢的人，而埃利奧特女士出演的簡卻抓住了評論家的心，她也變成了某種時尚領軍人物。)

With Herrera's tasteful treatment, though, there was nothing ditzy, dated or dowdy on her runway Monday, even if the bold flowers themselves were inspired by botanical plates from the 18th century.(在海萊拉品味的處理之下，盡管這些大膽的花卉靈感來自于18世紀的植繪盤子，她周一的秀臺上并沒有陳舊或者寒酸。)

The duchess of dowdy strikes again wrote blackwell. "In feathered hats that were once the rage she resembles a petrified parakeet from the jurassic age. A royal wreck. ""(他說：“寒酸公爵夫人又來了。帶著一頂過時的羽飾帽，簡直就像個侏羅紀時代的鸚鵡活化石。王室垃圾！”。)

But pyjamas, far from being seen as dowdy and scruffy, were once at the very apex of fashion.(但睡衣并非一直是破舊和邋遢的象征，它曾經引領時尚潮流。)

Mr Galliano is undoubtedly a talented designer who sprinkled Dior's once dowdy fashion house with pixie-dust.(Galliano先生無疑是一名才華橫溢的設計師，為過時陳舊的迪奧時裝公司帶來新的生機。)

She looked very plain and dowdy.(她長得非常普通，衣也過時。)

She was in a dowdy blue frock.(她穿了件不大潔凈的藍上衣。)

Peahens, though not as showy as cocks, are by no means dowdy.(原譯文：雖然不像公雞那樣耀眼，但雌孔雀也絕不俗氣。)

“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.(“看上去象未見過世面或寒酸則沒有上升的希望”，紐約巴尼斯百貨的創意總監SimonDoonan稱，競選報道僅花了789.72美元，就足以支付整個一套裝備。)

It was about the small things too, like our dowdy polyester uniforms.(這一理念也被應用到了一些小事情上，比如改善我們寒酸土氣的制服。)

I can't stand by and see my sister turning into a dowdy, middle-aged frump.