| 单词 | dull |
| 释义 | dull adjectiveverbs | adverb verbs➤appear, be, look, seem, sound显得枯燥；枯燥乏味；看上去枯燥；好像无聊；听起来乏味▸➤become, get变得枯燥◆the work gets a little dull at times.这份工作有时候有点儿枯燥。➤make sth使⋯枯燥◆the long lectures made the afternoon dull.冗长的讲座使整个下午很无聊。➤find sth觉得⋯无趣adverb➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.极为／相当／非常枯燥▸➤deadly, dreadfully, incredibly, mind-numbingly平淡死板；极其枯燥；非常枯燥；无聊透顶◆the movie was long and deadly dull.这部电影既冗长又枯燥乏味。➤a little, slightly, etc.有点儿／略微枯燥▸➤disappointingly枯燥得令人失望dull (disapproving) not interesting or exciting枯燥无味的；沉闷的；无聊的◆life in a small town could be deadly dull.小镇生活可能会非常沉闷乏味。◆the work gets a bit dull at times.这工作有时会有点儿乏味。◆there's never a dull moment when john's around.只要约翰在就不会有沉闷的时候。opp interesting → interesting dull (sometimes disapproving, especially written) (of the sky or weather) without bright sunshine; full of clouds（天空或天气）多云的，昏暗的，阴沉的◆the town seemed deserted in the dull afternoon light.在下午暗淡的光线下这座城镇看上去有些荒凉。 opp bright → bright note 辨析 cloudy, grey, overcast or dull? grey, overcast and dull all suggest that the whole sky is covered with clouds, so that you cannot see the blue sky behind. if it is cloudy, there may be a lot of clouds while the rest of the sky is blue. grey and dull often suggest that the speaker is unhappy about the weather. overcast is a more neutral word for describing the sky when none of it is blue. dull is less frequent than the other words, used especially in literary or descriptive writing. * grey、overcast 和 dull 均指天空阴云密布，看不到蓝天。cloudy 指天上有很多云，不过仍可看到蓝天。grey 和 dull 常指说话者对天气感到不快。overcast 是一个较中性的词，描述天空布满云的状况。dull 不如其他词常用，尤用于文学或描写文体。dullnot bright or shiny不明亮的；不鲜艳的；无光泽的◆the blood stained the grass a dull red colour.鲜血把草染成了暗红色。◆the fire died down to a dull glow.火焰逐渐变弱，只剩些许暗淡的光。opp bright → bright dull [only before noun] (written) (of sounds) not clear or loud（声音）不清晰的，隐约的，低沉的◆the gates shut behind him with a dull thud.他出去后，门砰的一声闷响关上了。▸ dully adverb◆the gates clanged dully behind him.门在他身后发出咣的一声闷响。dull/dʌl ||; dʌl/adj1. not interesting or exciting; boring 沉闷的；乏味的；枯燥的: ◇miss potter's lessons are always so dull. 波特小姐的讲课总是乏味得很。 2. not bright 不亮的；暗淡的: ◇a dull and cloudy day 阴暗多云的日子 3. not loud, sharp or strong 不响亮的；不锐利的；不强烈的: ◇her head hit the floor with a dull thud. 她的脑袋撞在地上，发出一声闷响。◇a dull pain 隐痛 [opp] sharp 反义词为sharp➔dullness noun [u] ➔dully advdullsee ⇨ boring/bored 1,3 ⇨ shine/shiny 7 ⇨ weather 11 • • •• ⇨ deaden/dull☞ dull¹☞ dull² |
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