- adj. 呆滯的；鈍的；遲鈍的；無趣的；暗的
- v. 變鈍；遲鈍
dull的英文翻譯是什么意思，詞典釋義與在線翻譯：
詳盡釋義
- 呆滯的
- 鈍的，不鋒利的
- 蕭條的
- 不鮮明的
- 無聊的，單調的
- 無光澤的，晦暗的
- 昏暗的，陰暗的，陰沉的
- 模糊的，隱約的
- 愚鈍的，遲鈍的，呆笨的
- 令人生厭的
- 感覺遲鈍的
- 不快的
- 變鈍，變遲鈍，變得不活潑
- （把...）弄鈍
- 使陰暗，使陰郁
- 減少，緩和，減輕
- 使不活躍，使遲鈍，使不活潑
- 變低沉
- 變得無光澤，變陰暗
- 變模糊
- 遲鈍
雙解釋義
- 不鮮明的,不清楚的 not bright or clear
- 遲鈍的,呆笨的 slow in understanding; stupid
- 枯燥無味的,令人厭煩的,單調的 lacking interest or excitement; boring; monotonous
- 不鋒利 not sharp
- 感覺不明顯 (of pain) not felt sharply
- 蕭條的,清淡的 (of trade) not busy; slow
英英釋義
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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"
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emitting or reflecting very little light;
"a dull glow"
"dull silver badly in need of a polish"
"a dull sky"
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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"
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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"
"tedious days on the train"
"the tiresome chirping of a cricket"
"other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome"
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(of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted;
"dull greens and blues"
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not keenly felt;
"a dull throbbing"
"dull pain"
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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"
"dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"
"he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"
"worked with the slow students"
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(of business) not active or brisk;
"business is dull (or slow)"
"a sluggish market"
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not having a sharp edge or point;
"the knife was too dull to be of any use"
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blunted in responsiveness or sensibility;
"a dull gaze"
"so exhausted she was dull to what went on about her"
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not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft;
"the dull thud"
"thudding bullets"
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darkened with overcast;
"a dark day"
"a dull sky"
"the sky was leaden and thick"
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make dull in appearance;
"Age had dulled the surface"
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become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness;
"the varnished table top dulled with time"
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deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
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make numb or insensitive;
"The shock numbed her senses"
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make dull or blunt;
"Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge"
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become less interesting or attractive
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make less lively or vigorous;
"Middle age dulled her appetite for travel"
dull的用法和樣例：
例句
- Jack had all work but no play, making him a dull boy.
杰克只學不玩,這使得他成為一個呆笨的孩子。 - It's impossible to cut a pineapple with such a dull knife.
用一把這么鈍的刀子切菠蘿是不可能的。 - The mind becomes dull if the body doesn't get on exercise.
要是身體得不到鍛煉,頭腦也會遲鈍的。 - This book is rather dull.
這本書很枯燥。 - The dying fire was throwing out a dull red light.
將要熄滅的火發出暗紅色的光。
- The heating was turned up high to dull his audience's senses.
暖氣溫度被調到很高，以至于聽眾的意識變得遲鈍。 - She gave me some medicine to dull the pain.
她給了我一些可減輕疼痛的藥。 - The sensory nerves of this old man seem to dull.
這位老人的感覺神經似乎不太敏銳了。
常見句型
- He is a very dull pupil.
他是一個很笨的學生。 - All work and no play made Jack a dull boy.
只會學習,不會玩,杰克變成了笨小孩。 - I'm in dull mood.
我覺得悶得慌。
- The weather is dull.
天氣陰沉。 - The knife is dull.
那把小刀很鈍。 - Business is deplorably dull.
生意極為不景氣。
- The day was dull with a cloudy sky.
天氣陰暗多云。 - I dare say you are dull at home.
我敢說你在家里感到很無聊。
- The TV play was so dull that I didn't finish it.
這部電視劇極其單調,我沒看完。 - The knife is so dull that it will not cut.
刀子太鈍了,割不開東西。
- Martin found the hospital routine slightly dull.
馬丁感到醫院的日常工作有點單調乏味。
常用短語
- as dull as ditch-water
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極沉悶乏味的 very boring
詞匯搭配
- dull class 遲鈍的一班
- dull colour 暗淡的顏色
- dull glow 昏暗的光
- dull man 頭腦簡單的人
- dull mind 遲鈍的頭腦
- dull pupil 遲鈍的學生
- dull in appearance 外表呆板
- dull of hearing 聽覺不靈
- dull of understanding 理解遲鈍
經典引文
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Her quick perception..made him feel irretrievably dull.
出自： H. James -
Dancing dulls the brain a bit.
出自： R. Lehmann
dull的詳細講解：
詞語用法
- dull可用作定語、表語或賓語補足語。
- dull的比較級為duller,最高級為dullest。
詞義辨析
- dull, bored, boring
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- 這幾個詞的詞意有區別:boring是bore的現在分詞轉化成的形容詞,表示“令人厭煩的”,主語可以是人,也可以是物; bored是bore的過去分詞轉化成的形容詞,表示“感到厭倦的”,主語通常是人; dull指物意為“乏味的,無趣的”,指人意為“愚笨的,遲鈍的”。
- dull，tedious，monotonous，dreary
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- 這些形容詞均表示“單調的、乏味的、厭煩的”之意。
- dull指缺乏新鮮、吸引力或情趣而顯得乏味、沉悶。
- tedious側重指文章、演講、演出等冗長乏味或環境等單調、沉悶，缺乏活力，使感到不舒服。
- monotonous指沒有變化、重復單調的。
- dreary側重無趣味的，不活潑的事或思想狀態。
詞源解說
- ☆ 13世紀進入英語，直接源自古英語的dol，意為呆笨的。
