a dull child 头脑迟钝的孩子。 a dull edge 钝刀。 be dull of hearing 耳朵不灵。 a dull fire 文火。 a dull pain 钝痛,隐痛。 a dull day 阴天。 a dull town 萧条的市镇。 Trade is dull. 生意清淡。 a dull book 枯燥无味的书。 a dull landscape 单调的景色。 vt. 1.把…弄钝。 2.使阴暗,使阴郁。 3.缓和,减轻(痛苦等)。 4.使迟钝;使呆滞。
短语和例子
dull a razor's edge 把刀片弄钝了。 one's sense dulled by his emotion 因激动而造成的感觉迟钝。 dull sorrow 减轻哀愁。 vi. 1.变钝;变迟钝。 2.(痛苦等)减少。 3.【纺织;印染】消光。
emitting or reflecting very little light; "a dull glow"; "dull silver badly in need of a polish"; "a dull sky"
not having a sharp edge or point; "the knife was too dull to be of any use"
not keenly felt; "a dull throbbing"; "dull pain"
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"
(of business) not active or brisk; "business is dull (or slow)"; "a sluggish market" 同义词:slow, sluggish,
(of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted; "dull greens and blues"
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" 同义词:dense, dim, dumb, obtuse, slow,
darkened with overcast; "a dark day"; "a dull sky"; "the sky was leaden and thick" 同义词:leaden,
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" 同义词:boring, deadening, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome,
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" 同义词:muffled, muted, softened,
not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft; "the dull thud"; "thudding bullets" 同义词:thudding,
blunted in responsiveness or sensibility; "a dull gaze"; "so exhausted she was dull to what went on about her"- Willa Cather
make less lively or vigorous; "Middle age dulled her appetite for travel"
become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness; "the varnished table top dulled with time"