1. (食物)硬实的,难消化的,使人胀饱的
Stodgy food is very solid and heavy. It makes you feel very full, and is difficult to digest.
2. 古板的;令人厌烦的;枯燥乏味的
If you describe someone or something as stodgy, you dislike them or are bored by them because they are very old-fashioned or serious.
1. excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull
e.g. why is the middle class so stodgy, so utterly without a sense of humor?
a stodgy dinner party
Synonym: stuffy
2. (used pejoratively) out of fashion
old fashioned
e.g. moss-grown ideas about family life
Synonym: fogyishmoss-grownmossystick-in-the-mud(p)
3. heavy and starchy and hard to digest
e.g. stodgy food
a stodgy pudding served up when everyone was already full