dull

释义

adj.枯燥无味的; 晦暗的; 多云的; （声音）不清晰的; (感觉)不明显的; （迟）钝的; 不景气的v.变迟钝; 变暗淡; 变麻木

大小写变形: DULL Dull

词态变化

第三人称单数 :   dulls ; 过去式 :   dulled ; 过去分词 :   dulled ; 现在分词 :   dulling ; 比较级 :   duller ; 最高级 :   dullest ; 副词 :   dully ; 名词 :   dullness ;

实用场景例句

The pair, though genuinely kind-hearted, often come across as quite dull.

这对夫妇虽然心地善良，却常常显得相当沉闷。

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He appeared to find my company dull and uninspiring.

他似乎觉得我的陪伴单调乏味且毫无新意。

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The natural circadian rhythm makes all individuals feel dull and lethargic between 1:00 PM and 3:00 PM daily.

人体的自然昼夜节律会使所有人在每天下午1点到3点之间感到迟钝和昏沉。

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The postage stamp's muted blue color appeared dull and lifeless.

这张邮票暗淡的蓝色显得单调且毫无生气。

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The dull overcast lingers, punctuated by sporadic heavy rain.

阴沉的阴云持续不散，偶尔被骤雨打断。

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The artillery shell emitted a shrill, sorrowful wail before the dull boom of its explosion resonated in the distance...

炮弹发出尖锐悲戚的哀鸣，随后远处传来沉闷的爆炸轰鸣...

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The wooden coffin closed with a dull thud.

木制的棺材合上时发出一声沉闷的响声。

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A dull ache, though usually slight, worsens with exertion...

一种轻微的钝痛在用力时会加剧...

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The dull awareness crept over me as I scanned the page, finding no recognizable names in sight.

一种迟钝的觉察慢慢笼罩了我，当我浏览页面时，发现没有一个可辨认的名字。

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The dim glow in her exhausted gaze mirrored the dull emptiness of her expression.

她疲惫目光中微弱的光芒映照出她表情里空洞的暗淡。

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The relentless flood of data and proofs might dull your ability to assess clearly...

接连不断的数据和证据可能会使你的评估能力变得迟钝。

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真题例句

The study, which followed more than 2,000 healthy adults between the ages of 18 and 60, found that certain mental functions—including measures of abstract reasoning, mental speed and puzzle-solving—started to dull as early as age 27.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

Omit dull and ineffective generalities and make sure you give concrete examples.

2016年6月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

At age five, this dull task brought me such joy.

2015年高考英语陕西卷 完形填空 原文

I had advised the kids that while verbs may seem dull, most of the clever things they do throughout their lives will be verbs.

2017年高考英语全国卷2 完形填空 原文

I think that living in an area where everyone was just like me would quickly become dull.

2014年高考英语全国卷1 听力 原文

Still, I would rather be a bit more careful and live in a large city than to feel safe but dull.

2014年高考英语全国卷1 听力 原文

Swimming pools, wine tasting, and pink sunsets at normal evening hours, not 4 in the afternoon filled the weekend, but the best part- particularly to my taste, dulled by months of cold--weather root vegetables--was a 7 a.m. adventure to the Sarasot

2015年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

The books were long and dull.

2017年高考英语浙江卷（6月） 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

They were dull and visually forbidding.

2019年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

英英释义

Verb

1. make dull in appearance;

"Age had dulled the surface"

2. become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness;

"the varnished table top dulled with time"

3. deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

4. make numb or insensitive;

"The shock numbed her senses"

5. make dull or blunt;

"Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge"

6. become less interesting or attractive

7. make less lively or vigorous;

"Middle age dulled her appetite for travel"

Adjective

1. 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"

2. emitting or reflecting very little light;

"a dull glow"

"dull silver badly in need of a polish"

"a dull sky"

3. 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"

4. 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"

5. (of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted;

"dull greens and blues"

6. not keenly felt;

"a dull throbbing"

"dull pain"

7. 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"

8. (of business) not active or brisk;

"business is dull (or slow)"

"a sluggish market"

9. not having a sharp edge or point;

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

10. blunted in responsiveness or sensibility;

"a dull gaze"

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

11. not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft;

"the dull thud"

"thudding bullets"

12. darkened with overcast;

"a dark day"

"a dull sky"

"a gray rainy afternoon"

"gray clouds"

"the sky was leaden and thick"