dour

[US]/dʊə(r)/
[UK]/dʊr/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. 嚴厲的;陰沉的;不愛講話的
Word Forms
最高級dourest

Example Sentences

her dour, monotonic husband.

她那陰鬱、語調沉悶的丈夫。

He is a proverbially dour New England Puritan.

他是個衆所周知的抑鬱的新英格蘭清教徒。

a dour, self-sacrificing life.

嚴酷的、自我犧牲式的生活

a hard, dour, humourless fanatic.

一個強硬、陰鬱、毫無幽默感的狂熱分子。

the proverbially dour New England Puritan.See Synonyms at glum

一個抑鬱的新英格蘭清教徒參見 glum

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