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dull [dʌl]
基本释义
- a. 钝的,无趣的,呆滞的,阴暗的
vt. 使迟钝,使阴暗,缓和
vi. 变迟钝,减少
词形变化
比较级：dull·er, dull·est
名 词：dull'ness, dul'ness
形容词：dull'ish
副 词：dul'ly
参考例句
- The dull meeting made me feel sleepy.
这枯燥的会议使我感到昏昏欲睡。 - A cold dulls one's taste.
感冒使人味觉迟钝。 - He has a keen impatience with the dull.
他对于迟钝的人极不耐烦。 - Yesterday's program was rather dull.
昨天的节目比较单调。 - A person regarded as dull-witted or sluggish.
被认为迟钝的或呆滞的人.
英英解释
- make dull in appearance
[例]
- Age had dulled the surface
- become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness
[例]
- the varnished table top dulled with time
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- deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
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damp, dampen, dull, muffle, mute, tone down - make numb or insensitive
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dull, benumb, blunt, numb
[例]
- The shock numbed her senses
- make dull or blunt
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dull, blunt
[反]
sharpen
[例]
- Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge
- become less interesting or attractive
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dull, pall - make less lively or vigorous
[例]
- Middle age dulled her appetite for travel
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- lacking in liveliness or animation
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lively
[例]
- 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
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bright
[例]
- a dull glow
- dull silver badly in need of a polish
- a dull sky
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- not keenly felt
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sharp
[例]
- a dull throbbing
- dull pain
- not having a sharp edge or point
[反]
sharp
[例]
- the knife was too dull to be of any use
- being or made softer or less loud or clear
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dull, muffled, muted, softened
[例]
- 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
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deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, boring, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome
[例]
- 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 irks
- (of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted
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- slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
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dense, dim, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow
[例]
- 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 deci
- (of business) not active or brisk
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dull, slow, sluggish
[例]
- business is dull (or slow)
- a sluggish market
- blunted in responsiveness or sensibility
[例]
- 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
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dull, thudding
[例]
- the dull thud
- thudding bullets
- darkened with overcast
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dull, gray, grey, leaden
[例]
- a dark day
- a dull sky
- a grey rainy afternoon
- grey clouds
- the sky was leaden and thick
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