英语释义

• 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"

• make dull in appearance;

  "Age had dulled the surface"

• emitting or reflecting very little light;

  "a dull glow"

  "dull silver badly in need of a polish"

  "a dull sky"

• become less interesting or attractive

• 1not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft;

  "the dull thud"

  "thudding bullets"

• deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

• (of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted;

  "dull greens and blues"

• become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness;

  "the varnished table top dulled with time"

• 1darkened with overcast;

  "a dark day"

  "a dull sky"

  "a gray rainy afternoon"

  "gray clouds"

  "the sky was leaden and thick"

• make numb or insensitive;

  "The shock numbed her senses"

• 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"

• 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"

• not having a sharp edge or point;

  "the knife was too dull to be of any use"

• 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"

• (of business) not active or brisk;

  "business is dull (or slow)"

  "a sluggish market"

• make dull or blunt;

  "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge"

• make less lively or vigorous;

  "Middle age dulled her appetite for travel"

• not keenly felt;

  "a dull throbbing"

  "dull pain"

• blunted in responsiveness or sensibility;

  "a dull gaze"

  "so exhausted she was dull to what went on about her"- Willa Cather

片语

Dull Joint焊点灰暗

benumb使迟钝，呆滞；使感情麻木；使失去感觉，失去活力

dull sale[贸易] 销售不畅；滞销

blunt钝的，不锋利的；生硬的；直率的

dull knife钝刀

dull goods[贸易]

fall off减少；跌落；下降；离开；衰退

relax放松；使休息；使松弛；缓和；使松懈

slow放慢；阻碍

dull market市面冷淡；呆滞市面

Dull spot晦暗点

dull black漆黑

dull metal过低温金属液

to cut down减少

英汉例句

• and life would be very dull without it.

  而且没了它，我的生活会很枯燥。

• yet, all i could feel was a numbness, as dull and muted as the sky.

  然而，我能感受到的全是麻木，如天空一般的迟钝和缄默。

• they often danced to relieve the dull evening.

  他们晚上无聊时常常以跳舞来调剂。

• the chairman leavened the dull meeting with a few jokes.

  主席讲了几个笑话来活跃沉闷的会议。

• just because they have no imagination and don「t allow themselves to 」escape「 for an hour or so into harmless fantasy i don」t see why they should impose their dull lives onto us!

  正因为他们没有任何的想象力且不许他们自己仅在无害的幻想中「逃离」个一小时或更多。我真不明白他们为什么要把无聊的的生活强加给我们？！

• life in a large pond is wonderful!「 」perhaps it is rather dull here,「 thought the foolish frog.

  在一个大池塘生活是美好的！也许这是相当沉闷这里，」思想愚蠢的青蛙。

• his successors at the top have all been dull europeans who could smack golf balls into a crowded city centre all day without hitting anyone who recognised them.

  伍兹霸主地位的继承人均是无趣的欧洲选手，他们或许可以整日在拥挤的城市尽情挥桿，但是球却「碰」不到几个「粉丝」。

• we are cruising along at 30 mph when, suddenly, the car flies up in the air and lands with a dull thump.

  当我们用30英里每小时的速度进行巡航模式时，突然，车飞到空中，然而沉闷的落在地上。

• as weddings can be a bit dull for kids, we held it at london zoo, which brought all the strands of my life together.

  因为婚礼可能让孩子们觉得有点无聊，所以我们在伦敦动物园举行，这场婚礼把我人生中所有的部分都集中在一起了。

• pyongyang is rather a dull town. there is no advertisings bilboards, the only colours come from the beautiful dresses of the women.

  平壤的生活相当无聊，这里没有广告牌，街道上唯一的色彩就是女性们美丽的服装。

• his dull speeches often underwhelm his audiences.

  他的枯燥的讲话常常使听众感到腻味。

• no doubt it is the fate of all cutting-edge technology to eventually turn blunt, dull and outmoded, but that is a concern for another day, another era.

  毫无疑问，所有尖端科技最终都无法逃脱愚钝、沉闷和过时的命运，但那是在另一个时代另一个日子里才需要面对烦恼。

• this union is somewhat dull in other areas of life.

  这对情侣档在生活的某些方面有些无聊。

• he would be pursued relentlessly by magistrates on leaving office. and his personal life now appears dull and lonely, albeit punctuated with occasional tributes to bacchus.

  卸任后他将会遭到法官的不断追诉，而且他的私人生活现在显得乏味及孤独，尽管不时伴有酒神巴克斯的贡品。

• there is not a dull line in the whole article.

  整篇文章中没有一行是乏味的。

• when everything is about work we are far less likely to do a good job. and of course, all work and no play, makes jill a dull girl.

  如果我们远离工作，我们不可能把工作干好，反过来，只有工作没有玩耍，也会使得吉尔姑娘变成一个呆滞的姑娘。

• to live in despair is a mark of great endurance, whereas to grow dull and stupid after a great unhappiness is a mark of deficiency.

  生活在绝望之中象征着巨大的忍耐力，而在经历巨大的痛苦之后变得迟钝愚蠢则是缺乏忍耐力的表现。

• i can think of so many reasons why you should love yourself, but here’s just one: it is incredibly dull and uninspiring to be around people who do not love themselves.

  为什么要爱你自己呢?我可以想出许许多多的原因，这里就有其中的一个：和那些不爱自己的人相处是件无聊而又沮丧的事。

相似词

flatad （尤指贴着另一表面）平直地；断然地；水平地；直接地，完全地

tiresome烦人的，无聊的；令人讨厌的

monotonous单调的，无抑扬顿挫的；无变化的

insipid无味的，清淡的；无趣的，无活力的

dry变干

tedious沉闷的；冗长乏味的

uninteresting无趣味的，乏味的；令人厌倦的

boring鉆孔

sluggish市况呆滞；市势疲弱

stupid傻瓜，笨蛋

slow放慢；阻碍

inactive不活跃的；不活动的；怠惰的；閑置的

dreary沉闷的，枯燥的

gray成为灰色或灰白

dingy昏暗的；骯脏的

unsharp不明显的；不清晰的；钝的

blunt钝的，不锋利的；生硬的；直率的

gray成为灰色或灰白

literal文字的；逐字的；无夸张的

deadad 完全地

dense稠密的；浓厚的；愚钝的

thick最激烈处；最密集处；中心处

inactive不活跃的；不活动的；怠惰的；閑置的

colorless无色的；苍白的；无趣味的

cheerless阴郁的；惨淡的，无精打采的

vivid生动的；鲜明的；鲜艳的

bloodless不流血的；无血色的；没有精神的

boring鉆孔

deadlyad 非常；如死一般地

dry变干

discolor变色，褪色；（使）变色，褪色；损坏……的色彩

darken变黑；变得模糊

slow放慢；阻碍

backward向后的；倒退的；（人）智力迟钝的；落后的；（场地位置）线后的

damp潮湿的

sluggish市况呆滞；市势疲弱

simple简单的；单纯的；天真的

dingy昏暗的；骯脏的

sleepy困倦的，瞌睡的；（地方）冷清的，寂静的；（生意，产业等）没有活力的

keen敏锐的，敏捷的；渴望的；强烈的；热心的；锐利的

black黑色的；黑人的；邪恶的

numb麻木，木然

stupid傻瓜，笨蛋

arid干旱的；不毛的，[农] 荒芜的

stuffy闷热的；古板的；不通气的

obtuse迟钝的；圆头的；不锋利的

muffle低沉的声音；消声器；包裹物（如头巾，围巾等）；唇鼻部

dreary沉闷的，枯燥的

languid倦怠的；呆滞的；无精打采的；（人举止、姿势）无力的；（因疾病、劳累）虚弱的；（场合、时段）閑适安逸的；不活跃的；懒洋洋的；慢悠悠的，慵懒的

muddy变得泥泞；沾满烂泥

sharpad 急剧地；锐利地；突然地

fishy鱼的；可疑的；似鱼的；呆滞的

white白色；洁白；白种人

blunt钝的，不锋利的；生硬的；直率的

glassy像玻璃的；光亮透明的；呆滞的

dampen潮湿；丧气

vegetable蔬菜的；植物的

dumb哑的，无说话能力的；不说话的，无声音的

fade使褪色

practical实际的；实用性的

alleviate减轻，缓和

silence沉默；寂静；缄默；不谈；无声状态

flatad （尤指贴着另一表面）平直地；断然地；水平地；直接地，完全地

bright(Bright)人名；(英)布赖特

uninteresting无趣味的，乏味的；令人厌倦的

wooden木制的；僵硬的，呆板的

opaque不透明的；不传热的；迟钝的

dim变模糊，变暗淡

相反词

varied变化，改变；使多样化（vary 的过去式和过去分词）

brilliant灿烂的，闪耀的；杰出的；有才气的；精彩的，绝妙的

vivid生动的；鲜明的；鲜艳的

keen敏锐的，敏捷的；渴望的；强烈的；热心的；锐利的

interesting有趣的；引起兴趣的，令人关注的

bright(Bright)人名；(英)布赖特

exciting激动；刺激（excite的ing形式）；唤起

sharpad 急剧地；锐利地；突然地

splendid辉煌的；灿烂的；极好的；杰出的

alert警戒，警惕；警报；警戒期；（电子设备的）提示信号

poignant(Poignant)人名；(法)普瓦尼昂

brisk活跃起来；变得轻快

smart(Smart)人名；(法)斯马尔；(英、德)斯马特

agile敏捷的；机敏的；活泼的

shrewd精明（的人）；机灵（的人）

acute严重的，[医] 急性的；敏锐的；激烈的；尖声的

clearad 清晰地；完全地

shining闪烁，发亮；把……照向；擦亮，擦光；（眼睛因情感而）发亮；出色，出类拔萃；（品质或技能）显露（shine 的现在分词）

funny滑稽人物；笑话，有趣的故事；滑稽连环漫画栏；（英）（比赛用）单人双桨小艇