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dull in Chinese

[ dʌl ]   Pronunciation:
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  • adj.
    1.愚钝的,感觉迟钝的,呆笨的。
    2.钝的,不快的,不锋利的 (opp. sharp)。
    3.(天气等)阴郁的,阴暗的;(颜色等)暗淡的。
    4.(市场等)呆滞的,萧条的;(谈话等)单调的,枯燥的,无聊的,沉闷的。
    5.(光等)模糊的。
    Phrases

    vt.
    1.把…弄钝。
    2.使阴暗,使阴郁。
    3.缓和,减轻(痛苦等)。
    4.使迟钝;使呆滞。
    Phrases

    vi.
    1.变钝;变迟钝。
    2.(痛苦等)减少。
    3.【纺织;印染】消光。
    Phrases

Examples

  • Village life is too dull for me .
    我觉得乡村的生活方式太单调乏味了。
  • Lab work is dull and repetitious .
    实验室里的工作味同嚼蜡翻来覆去。
  • It would be very dull to be married to denis .
    和丹尼斯结婚太乏味了。
  • It had been dull and somber enough .
    那是十分愁闷的,十分忧郁的。
  • Their dress was plain and dull in colouring .
    他们的衣服朴素,颜色单调。
  • The surf's roar was here dulled .
    拍岸浪的咆哮声在这儿略为低沉。
  • It is so much better than just dull comfort .
    那比无聊的安安逸逸好多了。
  • Then followed a time of dull misery .
    接着而来的是一段沉闷而苦痛的时日。
  • Watching television dulls one 's wits .
    看电视能使人头脑迟钝。
  • I dare say you 're dull at home .
    我敢说你在家里感到沉闷无聊。
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English

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

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

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

  • 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"

  • Adjective
  • (of business) not active or brisk; "business is dull (or slow)"; "a sluggish market"
    Synonyms: slow, sluggish,

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

  • 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"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students"
    Synonyms: dense, dim, dumb, obtuse, slow,

  • darkened with overcast; "a dark day"; "a dull sky"; "the sky was leaden and thick"
    Synonyms: leaden,

  • 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"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people''s dreams are dreadfully wearisome"
    Synonyms: boring, deadening, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome,

  • 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"
    Synonyms: muffled, muted, softened,

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

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

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

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

  • become less interesting or attractive
    Synonyms: pall,

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

  • make dull or blunt; "Too much cutting dulls the knife''s edge"
    Synonyms: blunt,

  • make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses"
    Synonyms: numb, benumb, blunt,

  • deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
    Synonyms: muffle, mute, damp, dampen, tone down,

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