| 单词 | dull |
| 释义 | dulldullerdullestdulldull1 /dʌl/ adjective1boring not interesting or exciting: a pretty dull party十分乏味的晚会The meetings are usually deadly dull (=very dull).meetingbe会议通常都沉闷至极。2not bright not bright or shiny: a dull green colour暗绿色a dull, cloudy day阴暗多云的一天3not loud a dull sound is not clear or loud: I heard a dull thud.hear我听到一声闷响。4pain a dull pain is not strong: a dull ache in my shoulder我肩部的隐隐作痛—dullydully adverb—dullnessdullnessesdullness noun [uncountable]THESAURUS: dullboring not interesting in any way: a boring filmboreHer husband is so boring!beborenot very interesting rather boring. This phrase is often used in everyday English, instead of saying directly that something is boring: The programme wasn’t very interesting and I decided to go to bed.interestdecidedull rather boring, because nothing interesting or exciting happens. Dull sounds less strong than boring and is more common in written descriptions: He came home after another dull day at the office.comeHistory seemed rather a dull subject when I was at school.seembetedious very boring – used when something that you do is slow or difficult and takes a long time: a tedious taskThe process of getting a visa was tedious and slow.getbemonotonous boring – used when something continues in the same way and never changes: Factory work can be very monotonous.He had a slow monotonous voice.havedreary something that is dreary looks boring and is not attractive or cheerful: I spent the morning in a dreary government office.spenddead informal [not before noun] if a place is dead, very little happens and there is nothing to do: This place is dead in the evenings.beevening |
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