呆板

He was just another faceless bureaucrat.

他只不过是个典型呆板的官员。

Looking at this two pictures,we can see clearly that Dao's style in Ming Dynasty was swellish,but in Qing Dynasty was ponderous.This post is good for comparing.

这个帖子的两个图，就可以明明代的洒脱与清代的呆板了，这个帖子不错，很好的学习对比贴。

Her recent graduation from a skinny piccaninny with brief skirts and stiffly wrapped braids into the dignity of a long calico dress and starched white turban was an intoxicating affair.

不久前还是个皮包骨头的黑小妞，穿着简单的短裙，扎着呆板的发辫，如今俨然姆的模样，穿着印花布的连衣长裙，戴着浆洗得硬挺的雪白头巾。