Dull

[dʌl]

解释:

(verb.) make less lively or vigorous; 'Middle age dulled her appetite for travel'.

(verb.) become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness; 'the varnished table top dulled with time'.

(verb.) make dull in appearance; 'Age had dulled the surface'.

(verb.) make dull or blunt; 'Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge'.

(adj.) (of business) not active or brisk; 'business is dull (or slow)'; 'a sluggish market' .

(adj.) emitting or reflecting very little light; 'a dull glow'; 'dull silver badly in need of a polish'; 'a dull sky' .

(adj.) (of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted; 'dull greens and blues' .

(adj.) darkened with overcast; 'a dark day'; 'a dull sky'; 'the sky was leaden and thick' .

(adj.) not having a sharp edge or point; 'the knife was too dull to be of any use' .

(adj.) not keenly felt; 'a dull throbbing'; 'dull pain' .

(adj.) 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' .

(adj.) 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' .

(adj.) not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft; 'the dull thud'; 'thudding bullets' .

(adj.) blunted in responsiveness or sensibility; 'a dull gaze'; 'so exhausted she was dull to what went on about her'- Willa Cather .

编辑:兰尼--From WordNet

解释:

(superl.) Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish.

(superl.) Slow in action; sluggish; unready; awkward.

(superl.) Insensible; unfeeling.

(superl.) Not keen in edge or point; lacking sharpness; blunt.

(superl.) Not bright or clear to the eye; wanting in liveliness of color or luster; not vivid; obscure; dim; as, a dull fire or lamp; a dull red or yellow; a dull mirror.

(superl.) Heavy; gross; cloggy; insensible; spiritless; lifeless; inert.

(superl.) Furnishing little delight, spirit, or variety; uninteresting; tedious; cheerless; gloomy; melancholy; depressing; as, a dull story or sermon; a dull occupation or period; hence, cloudy; overcast; as, a dull day.

(v. t.) To deprive of sharpness of edge or point.

(v. t.) To make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy, as the senses, the feelings, the perceptions, and the like.

(v. t.) To render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish.

(v. t.) To deprive of liveliness or activity; to render heavy; to make inert; to depress; to weary; to sadden.

(v. i.) To become dull or stupid.

录入:李莉斯

同义词及近义词:

a. [1]. Stupid, stolid, doltish, blockish, brutish, unintelligent, unintellectual, shallow, blunt-witted.[2]. Apathetic, insensible, unimpassioned, passionless, dead, callous.[3]. Inert, inactive, lifeless, inanimate, heavy, sluggish, slow, torpid.[4]. Blunt, obtuse, not sharp.[5]. Gloomy, sad, dismal, cheerless.[6]. Dim, obscure, not bright, not vivid.[7]. Tedious, wearisome, tiresome, uninteresting.

v. a. [1]. Blunt, make blunt.[2]. Stupefy, benumb, deaden, paralyze, obtund, hebetate, make or render insensible, render callous, make obtuse.[3]. Depress, dishearten, discourage, dispirit, deject, make melancholy, make sad or dejected.[4]. Quiet, allay, moderate, assuage, mitigate, alleviate, soften.[5]. Sully, tarnish.

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同义词及反义词:

SYN:Stupid, stolid, doltish, insensible, callous, heavy, gloomy, dismal, cloudy,turbid, opaque, dowdy, sluggish, sad, tiresome, commonplace, dead

ANT:Sharp, clever, lively, animated, sensible, cheerful, exhilarating, brightness,transparent, brilliant, burnished

手打:凯勒

解释:

adj. slow of hearing of learning or of understanding: insensible: without life or spirit: slow of motion: drowsy: sleepy: sad: downcast: cheerless: not bright or clear: cloudy: dim obscure: obtuse: blunt.—v.t. to make dull or stupid: to blunt: to damp: to cloud.—v.i. to become dull.—n. Dull′ard a dull and stupid person: a dunce.—adjs. Dull′-brained (Shak.) of dull brain or intellect: stupid; Dull′-browed of gloomy brow or look; Dull′-eyed (Shak.) having eyes dull or wanting expression; Dull′ish somewhat dull: wearisome.—ns. Dull′ness Dul′ness the stale or quality of being dull.—adjs. Dull′-sight′ed; Dull′-wit′ted; Dull′y somewhat dull.—adv. Dull′y.

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