dull

[US]/dʌl/
[UK]/dʌl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. 钝的;呆滞的;阴暗的;迟钝的;无趣的
vt. 使阴暗;缓和;使迟钝
vi. 变迟钝;减少
Word Forms
最高级dullest
比较级duller
现在分词dulling
过去式dulled
第三人称单数dulls
过去分词dulled
复数dulls

Example Sentences

a dull thud of hooves.

马蹄的闷响。

the scenery is dull and uninteresting.

风景平淡无奇。

dull to the nth degree

极为枯燥

to relieve a dull evening

调剂一下枯燥的晚上

be dull with sleepiness

因困倦而迟钝

there was a dull thud as the gun discharged.

开枪时有一声闷响。

your historian is a dull dog.

你的历史学家无趣得很。

a screamingly dull daily routine.

极端枯燥的例行公事。

a kind of dull wooden sound.

一种像木头似的沉闷声音。

a dull, saltless life

枯燥无味的生活

wade through a dull book

啃完一本枯燥无味的书 -

a dull, cloudy day

阴沉的、多云的日子

The play was dull beyond description.

那场戏无聊得难以形容。

Real-world Examples

The quest for knowledge and understanding never gets dull.

对知识的渴望不会让你生活乏味。

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

Choice, in other words, dulls the critical faculties.

换言之,太多选择会钝化人的批判思维。

Source: The Economist - Technology

The following day was dull and foggy.

次日阴晦多雾。

Source: The Hound of the Baskervilles

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

只工作,不玩耍,聪明孩子也变傻。——谚语。

Source: Lai Shixiong Basic English Vocabulary 2000

This they do with a certain dull fidelity.

它们在完成这一工作时尽职尽责。

Source: A Brief History of Everything

I'm impersonating my dull as dishwater doppelganger, Elena. She has the worst taste.

我要假扮我那无趣透顶的二重身,埃琳娜。她品位奇差无比。

Source: The Vampire Diaries Season 2

I figured us for an assault or burglary. Boy, they can be the dullest!

能遇上谋杀案算我们运气好!

Source: Go blank axis version

There was a dull murmur of assent throughout the class.

班里响起一片喃喃表示肯定的声音。

Source: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

It was this dull, throbbing, excruciating pain, it was awful.

那种隐隐的抽痛很折磨人,令我痛苦不已。

Source: Our Day Season 2

But I think they're dull, aren't they?

可是我觉得养猫很没劲啊。

Source: 100 Most Popular Conversational Topics for Foreigners

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