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词汇 schlumpy
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Definition of schlumpy in English:

schlumpy

adjectiveschlumpiest, schlumpier ˈʃlʊmpiˈSHlo͝ompē
North American informal
  • Slovenly or scruffy.

    compared with the hip clientele, we felt a little schlumpy in our parkas
    a schlumpy bathrobe
    Example sentencesExamples
    • For 30 years he's watched schlumpy executives and star athletes alike transform their lives.
    • Though nothing she's wearing is so super-fancy, the accessories make what could be a schlumpy outfit somewhat upscale.
    • When you are onstage, you want to feel pretty; you don't want to look schlumpy.
    • I'm convinced that I could wear it and look stylish, not schlumpy.
    • In person, he's friendly but ill at ease, a schlumpy professor in chinos and a beige button-down, who dislikes being interviewed, he says, owing to a few bad experiences with reporters.
    • I'm in a schlumpy Santa Claus outfit.
    • "Anyone who can get away with wearing flats at night and not looking schlumpy is OK in my book," the stylist remarked.
    • His schlumpy attire, including floppy hats and baggy khakis, is pretty nondescript, but we did notice an interesting insignia on a puffy vest he was sporting.
    • He can be self-deprecating, describing himself as ‘powerless and, well, schlumpy’.
    • As schlumpy as those guys are, they've got the power.
    • Her style was schlumpy, yet self-important.
    • The male players tend to be either unabashedly schlumpy or sharply dressed in the manner of a Vegas hotel manager.
    • Just because it's online video doesn't mean you can look schlumpy.
    • There are some women who think motherhood is an excuse to wear a tattered, stained, wrinkled, baggy T-shirt with schlumpy pleated khakis and a pair of sneakers that look like you need to head for the hills if they ever took them off in your presence.
    • I realized that it had finally happened: I had become one of those schlumpy women you see dragging a bunch of whiny kids around the shopping mall.
    Synonyms
    shabby, worn, down at heel, shoddy, ragged, tattered, mangy, sorry, run down, disreputable

Origin

1950s: from schlump + -y1.

Definition of schlumpy in US English:

schlumpy

adjectiveˈSHlo͝ompē
North American informal
  • Slovenly or scruffy.

    compared with the hip clientele, we felt a little schlumpy in our parkas
    a schlumpy bathrobe
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Just because it's online video doesn't mean you can look schlumpy.
    • Her style was schlumpy, yet self-important.
    • I realized that it had finally happened: I had become one of those schlumpy women you see dragging a bunch of whiny kids around the shopping mall.
    • As schlumpy as those guys are, they've got the power.
    • For 30 years he's watched schlumpy executives and star athletes alike transform their lives.
    • The male players tend to be either unabashedly schlumpy or sharply dressed in the manner of a Vegas hotel manager.
    • He can be self-deprecating, describing himself as ‘powerless and, well, schlumpy’.
    • In person, he's friendly but ill at ease, a schlumpy professor in chinos and a beige button-down, who dislikes being interviewed, he says, owing to a few bad experiences with reporters.
    • I'm in a schlumpy Santa Claus outfit.
    • There are some women who think motherhood is an excuse to wear a tattered, stained, wrinkled, baggy T-shirt with schlumpy pleated khakis and a pair of sneakers that look like you need to head for the hills if they ever took them off in your presence.
    • I'm convinced that I could wear it and look stylish, not schlumpy.
    • When you are onstage, you want to feel pretty; you don't want to look schlumpy.
    • Though nothing she's wearing is so super-fancy, the accessories make what could be a schlumpy outfit somewhat upscale.
    • "Anyone who can get away with wearing flats at night and not looking schlumpy is OK in my book," the stylist remarked.
    • His schlumpy attire, including floppy hats and baggy khakis, is pretty nondescript, but we did notice an interesting insignia on a puffy vest he was sporting.
    Synonyms
    shabby, worn, down at heel, shoddy, ragged, tattered, mangy, sorry, run down, disreputable

Origin

1950s: from schlump + -y.

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