dull是什么意思_dull怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

lacking in liveliness or animation;"he was so dull at parties"
"a dull political campaign"
"a large dull impassive man"
"dull days with nothing to do"
"how dull and dreary the world is"
"fell back into one of her dull moods"

emitting or reflecting very little light;"a dull glow"
"dull silver badly in need of a polish"
"a dull sky"

being or made softer or less loud or clear;"the dull boom of distant breaking waves"
"muffled drums"
"the muffled noises of the street"
"muted trumpets"

so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness;"a boring evening with uninteresting people"
"the deadening effect of some routine tasks"
"a dull play"
"his competent but dull performance"
"a ho-hum speaker who couldn"t capture their attention"
"what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"
"tedious days on the train"
"the tiresome chirping of a cricket"
"other people"s dreams are dreadfully wearisome"

(of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted;"dull greens and blues"

not keenly felt;"a dull throbbing"
"dull pain"

slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity;"so dense he never understands anything I say to him"
"never met anyone quite so dim"
"although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"
"dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"
"he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"
"worked with the slow students"

(of business) not active or brisk;"business is dull (or slow)"
"a sluggish market"

not having a sharp edge or point;"the knife was too dull to be of any use"

blunted in responsiveness or sensibility;"a dull gaze"
"so exhausted she was dull to what went on about her"

not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft;"the dull thud"
"thudding bullets"

darkened with overcast;"a dark day"
"a dull sky"
"the sky was leaden and thick"

Verb:

make dull in appearance;"Age had dulled the surface"

become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness;"the varnished table top dulled with time"

deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

make numb or insensitive;"The shock numbed her senses"

make dull or blunt;"Too much cutting dulls the knife"s edge"

become less interesting or attractive

make less lively or vigorous;"Middle age dulled her appetite for travel"

中英词源

dull 沉闷的

PIE*dheu, 烟尘，烟雾，词源同dust, deaf, dumb.

dull: dull: [13] Dull originally meant ‘slow-witted’. It was borrowed from Middle Low German dul, a descendant of the prehistoric Germanic adjective *dulaz, which also produced German toll and Old English dol ‘stupid’ (the Old English adjective does not seem to have survived beyond the 10th century). The modern meaning ‘boring’ developed in the 15th century. The now littleused dullard [15] is a derivative (reflecting the adjective’s original sense), as also is probably dolt [16].
=> dolt
dull (adj.): c. 1200, "stupid;" early 13c., "blunt, not sharp;" rare before mid-14c., apparently from Old English dol "dull-witted, foolish," or an unrecorded parallel word, or from Middle Low German dul "slow-witted," both from Proto-Germanic *dulaz (cognates: Old Frisian and Old Saxon dol "foolish," Old High German tol, German toll "mad, wild," Gothic dwals "foolish"), from PIE *dheu- (1) "dust, vapor, smoke" (and related notions of "defective perception or wits"). Of color from early 15c.; of pain or other sensations from 1725. Sense of "boring" first recorded 1580s.
dull. (8) Not exhilarating; not delightful; as to make dictionaries is dull work. [Johnson]
Dullsville, slang for "town where nothing happens," attested from 1960.
dull (v.): c. 1200, "to grow weary, tire;" of pointed or edged things from c. 1400; of the senses from 1550s; from dull (adj.). Related: Dulled; dulling.

词态变化

第三人称单数 dulls;
过去式 dulled;
过去分词 dulled;
现在分词 dulling;
比较级 duller;
最高级 dullest;
副词 dully;
名词 dullness;

权威造句

1. The evidence was read out to the court in a dull monotone.: 证据被当庭呆板地宣读了一遍。

2. I found the characters very two-dimensional, not to say dull.: 我觉得那些人物形象即使不说是乏味无聊，至少也是毫无深度。

3. Broadcast news was accurate and reliable but deadly dull.: 新闻广播准确可靠但却非常枯燥。

4. He is a dull writer and that"s a fact.: 他写的东西很没意思，真的。

5. Not being a mother, I found the chit-chat exceedingly dull.: 我没当母亲，所以觉得那样的闲谈无聊透顶。

近反义词

boring

dreary

inactive

lifeless

spiritless

stupid

tedious

tiresome

uninteresting

相似短语

dull of sale 销路不佳

dull polish 磨砂

dull boy 呆笨的男孩

dull die 磨损的模具，磨损模具

dull knife 钝刀

dull redness 【医】暗红色

dull bit 钝钎头，钝钻头

dull estrus 微弱发情

dull glass 暗淡玻璃，无光玻璃

dull plate 无光镀锡薄钢板

单词分析

这些形容词均表示“单调的、乏味的、厌烦的”之意。
dull指缺乏鲜明、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。

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