- 词义辨析
dull, bored, boring
这几个词的词意有区别:boring是bore的现在分词转化成的形容词,表示“令人厌烦的”,主语可以是人,也可以是物; bored是bore的过去分词转化成的形容词,表示“感到厌倦的”,主语通常是人; dull指物意为“乏味的,无趣的”,指人意为“愚笨的,迟钝的”。
- 速记技巧
词源词根法
PIE*dheu,烟尘,烟雾,词源同dust,deaf,dumb.
- 近义词
- 反义词
- stupidadj.愚蠢的;讨厌的;
- boringadj.无聊的,无趣的;令人厌烦的;单调的,乏味的;
- tediousadj.单调沉闷的;冗长乏味的;令人生厌的;
- uninterestingadj.无趣的,令人厌倦的;平淡;枯;干燥;
- drearyadj.沉寂的;阴沉的;令人厌烦的;枯燥的;
- spiritlessadj.无精打采的;死气沉沉;蔫;打不起精神来;
- tiresomeadj.讨厌的;
- lifelessadj.无生命的;死气沉沉的,无生气的;无趣味的;毫无生气;
- inactiveadj.不活动的,不活跃的;懒散的,怠惰的;闲置的;[化]钝性的;
- 知识拓展
单词用法
dull可用作定语、表语或宾语补足语。
- 双语例句 更多例句
His accident with the microphone brought some welcome comic relief to a very dull party.
他撞上了麦克风,这给极沉闷的聚会带来了些欢乐.
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A residue can build up on the hair shaft, leaving the hair limp and dull looking.
残留物会积聚在头发上,使头发看起来软塌塌的,而且毫无光泽。
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The body's natural rhythms mean we all feel dull and sleepy between 1 and 3pm.
人体生物钟会让我们在下午1点到3点之间感觉没精打采、昏昏欲睡。
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It is the picture itself that is the problem; so small, so dull. It's a nothing, really.
问题在图片本身;这么小,这么无趣.没什么价值,真的.
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Perhaps his nerve is naturally too dull to admit of any excitation.
大概他的神经天生就很迟钝以至不容有任何刺激的余地.
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These houses look exactly like each other, which makes the street look very dull.
这些房屋的外观极为相似, 使整条街道显得十分呆板.
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His words provided some comic relief in what was really a dull speech.
他的话给极沉闷的讲话增添了几分轻松的气氛.
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I realized with a kind of dull shock that I didn't recognize a single name.
我暗自一惊,发现一个名字都不认识。
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The long whining whistle of a shell was followed by the dull boom of the explosion.
在炮弹长长的哀鸣声呼啸而过之后是隆隆而低沉的爆炸声。
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- dull book沉闷的书;
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