dour

英['daʊə(r)] 美['daʊər]
  • adj. 严厉的；不爱讲话的；沉沉的
dourly dourer dourest dourness
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星级词汇:
  • doubled adj.两倍的；快步走的；加倍努力的动词double的过去式和过去分词形式.

详细释义

Adjective:
  1. stubbornly unyielding;

    "dogged persistence"
    "dour determination"
    "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"
    "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"
    "men tenacious of opinion"

  2. harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance;

    "a dour, self-sacrificing life"
    "a forbidding scowl"
    "a grim man loving duty more than humanity"
    "undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw"

  3. showing a brooding ill humor;

    "a dark scowl"
    "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"
    "a glum, hopeless shrug"
    "he sat in moody silence"
    "a morose and unsociable manner"
    "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"
    "a sour temper"
    "a sullen crowd"

双语例句

1. The city, drab and dour by day, is transformed at night.
这座城市白天死气沉沉、单调乏味，晚上就完全变了样。

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2. No wonder he looked so dour.
难怪他看上去如此严厉。

来自辞典例句

3. When it comes to more mainstream services, staff are dour and unhelpful.
当谈到更多的主流业务, 员工是无生气且无用的.

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4. The person you are addressing is rather dour and matter - of - fact.
与你联系的人相当顽固并一副公事公办的姿态.

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5. John popped his head round the dour.
约翰突然把头转向了门.

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    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. I'm sick of dour faces staring at me from the T. V. tower.
      我厌倦了电视台里瞪着我的那些严厉的面孔。
    2. He was a silent, precise man with a dour nature and a hard Aberdonian accent.
      他是一个沉默寡言、一丝不苟的人，性格倔强，带有很重的阿伯丁港的口音。
    3. She always pretends to be dour, in fact, she's not.
      她总表现的不爱讲话，事实却相反。
    4. When it comes to more mainstream services, staff are dour and unhelpful.
      当它涉及更多主流的服务时职员就会变得阴郁和无助。

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【邻近词汇】

douse Douglas Doury Douro Douru Dours doura Douri Doure Dourra Douret Dourdy
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