dreary

英['drɪəri] 美['drɪri]
  • adj. 沉闷的;令人沮丧的;情绪低落的
drearily drearier dreariest dreariness
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星级词汇:
  • dreadless adj.不怕的;无畏的;大胆的
    adj. (形容词)
    1. 使人闷闷不乐或沮丧的;阴沉的,忧郁的 that makes one sad or depressed;dismal;gloomy
    2. 令人厌烦的;单调的;枯燥的 boring;dull

英英释义

Adjective:
  1. lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise;

    "her drab personality"
    "life was drab compared with the more exciting life style overseas"
    "a series of dreary dinner parties"

  2. causing dejection;

    "a blue day"
    "the dark days of the war"
    "a week of rainy depressing weather"
    "a disconsolate winter landscape"
    "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"
    "a dark gloomy day"
    "grim rainy weather"

1. a dreary winter's day
阴沉的冬日

来自《权威词典》

2. The otherwise dreary book is enlivened by some very amusing illustrations.
这本枯燥乏味的书幸亏加了一些精彩的插图才变得生动有趣.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. His speech was dreary.
他的讲演枯燥乏味.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

4. So a dreary Monday afternoon in Walthamstow is nothing to write home about, right?
这么说,在沃尔瑟姆斯托度过的一个沉闷的周一下午没什么值得大书特书的,是吗?

来自柯林斯例句

5. She was tired of hearing the same dreary tale of drunkenness and violence.
她听够了那些关于酗酒和暴力的乏味故事.

来自《简明英汉词典》

    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. By day the monotonous hours wore on in the same heavy, hashed manner as on that first dreary afternoon.
      在白天,那沉闷的时刻,就和第一个凄凉的下午一样,忧郁寂寞地度过。
    2. Its yellow ambiguous stripes and dreary sky are homologous, which makes the world harmonious.
      它背上灰黄斑驳的花纹,跟沉闷的天空遥遥相应,造成和谐的色调。
    3. Hurstwood's dreary state made its beauty become more and more vivid.
      赫斯渥那令人沮丧的处境使得这些情景更加美丽迷人。
    用作形容词 (adj.)
    用作定语 ~+ n.
    1. Addressing envelopes all the time is dreary work.
      老是往信封上写地址是件乏味的工作。
    2. It was the dreariest job I had ever done.
      那是我所做过的最沉闷的工作。
    3. I'm afraid it's been a dreary instead of a sunny autumn.
      恐怕已是阴郁的秋天,而不是阳光明媚的秋天了。
dull,tedious,monotonous,dreary
  • 这些形容词均表示“单调的、乏味的、厌烦的”之意。
  • dull指缺乏新鲜、吸引力或情趣而显得乏味、沉闷。
  • tedious侧重指文章、演讲、演出等冗长乏味或环境等单调、沉闷,缺乏活力,使感到不舒服。
  • monotonous指没有变化、重复单调的。
  • dreary侧重无趣味的,不活泼的事或思想状态。