Humdrum
['hʌmdrʌm]
解释:
(adj.) tediously repetitious or lacking in variety; 'a humdrum existence; all work and no play'; 'nothing is so monotonous as the sea' .
整理:理查德--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Monotonous; dull; commonplace.
(n.) A dull fellow; a bore.
(n.) Monotonous and tedious routine.
(n.) A low cart with three wheels, drawn by one horse.
尤金伲亚整理
同义词及近义词:
a. Dull, prosy, dronish, stupid, wearisome, tiresome.
黛博拉校对
解释:
adj. dull: droning: monotonous: commonplace.—n. a stupid fellow: monotony tedious talk.
欧内斯特整理
例句:
- Your Wellington is the most humdrum of commonplace martinets, whose slow, mechanical movements are further cramped by an ignorant home government. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- It's rather jog-trotty and humdrum. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- Becky was very respectable and orderly at first, but the life of humdrum virtue grew utterly tedious to her before long. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- For some time past it is Humdrum Hall no longer. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- Let us return to Humdrum Hall. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- I know, my dear Watson, that you share my love of all that is bizarre and outside the conventions and humdrum routine of everyday life. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
整理:塞尔瓦托