dull 音标拼音: [d'ʌl]
a . 钝的,无趣的,呆滞的,阴暗的
vt . 使迟钝,使阴暗,缓和
vi . 变迟钝,减少
钝的,无趣的,呆滞的,阴暗的使迟钝,使阴暗,缓和变迟钝,减少
dull adj 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 " [
ant : {
lively }]
2 :
emitting or reflecting very little light ; "
a dull glow ";
"
dull silver badly in need of a polish "; "
a dull sky " [
ant :
{
bright }]
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 " [
synonym : {
dull }, {
muffled },
{
muted }, {
softened }]
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 " [
synonym : {
boring }, {
deadening },
{
dull }, {
ho -
hum }, {
irksome }, {
slow }, {
tedious }, {
tiresome },
{
wearisome }]
5 : (
of color )
very low in saturation ;
highly diluted ; "
dull greens and blues "
6 :
not keenly felt ; "
a dull throbbing "; "
dull pain " [
ant :
{
sharp }]
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 " [
synonym : {
dense }, {
dim }, {
dull }, {
dumb },
{
obtuse }, {
slow }]
8 : (
of business )
not active or brisk ; "
business is dull (
or slow )"; "
a sluggish market " [
synonym : {
dull }, {
slow }, {
sluggish }]
9 :
not having a sharp edge or point ; "
the knife was too dull to be of any use " [
ant : {
sharp }]
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 " [
synonym : {
dull }, {
thudding }]
12 :
darkened with overcast ; "
a dark day "; "
a dull sky "; "
the sky was leaden and thick " [
synonym : {
dull }, {
leaden }]
v 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 [
synonym :
{
muffle }, {
mute }, {
dull }, {
damp }, {
dampen }, {
tone down }]
4 :
make numb or insensitive ; "
The shock numbed her senses " [
synonym :
{
numb }, {
benumb }, {
blunt }, {
dull }]
5 :
make dull or blunt ; "
Too much cutting dulls the knife '
s edge "
[
synonym : {
dull }, {
blunt }] [
ant : {
sharpen }]
6 :
become less interesting or attractive [
synonym : {
pall }, {
dull }]
7 :
make less lively or vigorous ; "
Middle age dulled her appetite for travel "
Dull \
Dull \,
a . [
Compar . {
Duller };
superl . {
Dullest }.] [
AS .
dol foolish ;
akin to gedwelan to err ,
D .
dol mad ,
dwalen to wander ,
err ,
G .
toll mad ,
Goth .
dwals foolish ,
stupid ,
cf .
Gr . ?
turbid ,
troubled ,
Skr .
dhvr to cause to fall .
Cf .
{
Dolt }, {
Dwale }, {
Dwell }, {
Fraud }.]
1 .
Slow of understanding ;
wanting readiness of apprehension ;
stupid ;
doltish ;
blockish . "
Dull at classical learning ."
--
Thackeray .
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She is not bred so dull but she can learn . --
Shak .
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2 .
Slow in action ;
sluggish ;
unready ;
awkward .
[
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This people '
s heart is waxed gross ,
and their ears are dull of hearing . --
Matt .
xiii .
15 .
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O ,
help my weak wit and sharpen my dull tongue .
--
Spenser .
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3 .
Insensible ;
unfeeling .
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Think me not So dull a devil to forget the loss Of such a matchless wife . --
Beau . &
Fl .
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4 .
Not keen in edge or point ;
lacking sharpness ;
blunt . "
Thy scythe is dull ." --
Herbert .
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5 .
Not bright or clear to the eye ;
wanting in liveliness of color or luster ;
not vivid ;
obscure ;
dim ;
as ,
a dull fire or lamp ;
a dull red or yellow ;
a dull mirror .
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6 .
Heavy ;
gross ;
cloggy ;
insensible ;
spiritless ;
lifeless ;
inert . "
The dull earth ." --
Shak .
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As turning the logs will make a dull fire burn ,
so changes of study a dull brain . --
Longfellow .
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7 .
Furnishing little delight ,
spirit ,
or variety ;
uninteresting ;
tedious ;
cheerless ;
gloomy ;
melancholy ;
depressing ;
as ,
a dull story or sermon ;
a dull occupation or period ;
hence ,
cloudy ;
overcast ;
as ,
a dull day .
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Along life '
s dullest ,
dreariest walk . --
Keble .
Syn :
Lifeless ;
inanimate ;
dead ;
stupid ;
doltish ;
heavy ;
sluggish ;
sleepy ;
drowsy ;
gross ;
cheerless ;
tedious ;
irksome ;
dismal ;
dreary ;
clouded ;
tarnished ;
obtuse .
See {
Lifeless }.
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Dull \
Dull \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Duller };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Dulling }.]
1 .
To deprive of sharpness of edge or point . "
This . . .
dulled their swords ." --
Bacon .
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Borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry . --
Shak .
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2 .
To make dull ,
stupid ,
or sluggish ;
to stupefy ,
as the senses ,
the feelings ,
the perceptions ,
and the like .
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Those [
drugs ]
she has Will stupefy and dull the sense a while . --
Shak .
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Use and custom have so dulled our eyes . --
Trench .
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3 .
To render dim or obscure ;
to sully ;
to tarnish . "
Dulls the mirror ." --
Bacon .
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4 .
To deprive of liveliness or activity ;
to render heavy ;
to make inert ;
to depress ;
to weary ;
to sadden .
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Attention of mind . . .
wasted or dulled through continuance . --
Hooker .
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Dull \
Dull \,
v .
i .
To become dull or stupid . --
Rom .
of R .
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664 Moby Thesaurus words for "
dull ":
KO ,
Laodicean ,
Olympian ,
Quaker -
colored ,
Spartan ,
abate ,
abeyant ,
abrupt ,
achromatic ,
achromatize ,
achromic ,
acier ,
affectless ,
allay ,
alleviate ,
aloof ,
anemic ,
anesthetic ,
anesthetize ,
anesthetized ,
apathetic ,
appease ,
arctic ,
arid ,
ascetic ,
ashen ,
ashy ,
asleep ,
assuage ,
asthenic ,
attemper ,
attenuate ,
austere ,
autistic ,
backward ,
bad ,
baffle ,
bald ,
banausic ,
bank the fire ,
bare ,
barren ,
bate ,
bated ,
becloud ,
bedaze ,
bedim ,
beef -
witted ,
befog ,
benumb ,
benumbed ,
besot ,
betwixt and between ,
blah ,
blanch ,
blank ,
blase ,
bleach ,
blear ,
blear -
witted ,
bled white ,
blind ,
bloodless ,
blue ,
bluff ,
blunt ,
blunt -
edged ,
blunt -
ended ,
blunt -
pointed ,
blunt -
witted ,
blunted ,
bluntish ,
blur ,
blurry ,
bored ,
boring ,
bovine ,
brainless ,
broken -
record ,
bromidic ,
cadaverous ,
callous ,
candid ,
canescent ,
cast down ,
cataleptic ,
catatonic ,
characterless ,
chasten ,
chicken ,
chill ,
chilly ,
chloranemic ,
chloroform ,
cinereous ,
cinerous ,
cloddish ,
cloud ,
clouded ,
cloudy ,
cold ,
cold as charity ,
cold -
blooded ,
coldcock ,
coldhearted ,
colorless ,
comatose ,
common ,
commonplace ,
constrain ,
control ,
cool ,
cowardly ,
cramp ,
crass ,
cripple ,
cushion ,
damp ,
damped ,
dampen ,
dampened ,
dapple ,
dapple -
gray ,
dappled ,
dappled -
gray ,
dark ,
darken ,
de -
emphasize ,
dead ,
deaden ,
deaden the pain ,
deadened ,
deadly pale ,
deafen ,
deathly pale ,
debilitate ,
debilitated ,
decolor ,
decolorize ,
dejected ,
dense ,
depressed ,
depressing ,
desensitize ,
desensitized ,
detached ,
devitalize ,
dim ,
dim -
witted ,
diminish ,
dimmed ,
dingy ,
direct ,
discolor ,
discolored ,
disedge ,
disinterested ,
dismal ,
dispassionate ,
dispirited ,
doltish ,
dope ,
dopey ,
dormant ,
dove -
colored ,
dove -
gray ,
down ,
downhearted ,
downplay ,
drab ,
draggy ,
drain ,
drain of color ,
draw the teeth ,
drearisome ,
dreary ,
drooping ,
droopy ,
drug ,
drugged ,
dry ,
dryasdust ,
dull of mind ,
dull -
edged ,
dull -
headed ,
dull -
pated ,
dull -
pointed ,
dull -
witted ,
dulled ,
dullish ,
dumb ,
dun ,
duncical ,
dusty ,
earthbound ,
ease ,
ease matters ,
edgeless ,
effete ,
elephantine ,
emotionally dead ,
emotionless ,
empty ,
enervate ,
enervated ,
enfeeble ,
etherize ,
etiolate ,
etiolated ,
even -
tempered ,
everlasting ,
eviscerate ,
exanimate ,
exhaust ,
exhausting ,
exsanguinated ,
exsanguine ,
exsanguineous ,
extenuate ,
fade ,
faded ,
fagging ,
faint ,
faintish ,
fair ,
fair to middling ,
faired ,
fairish ,
fallow ,
fat -
witted ,
fatiguing ,
feeble ,
feebleminded ,
flabby ,
flaccid ,
flat ,
floppy ,
foment ,
foul ,
frank ,
freeze ,
frigid ,
frosted ,
frosty ,
frozen ,
fume ,
ghastly ,
give relief ,
glaucescent ,
glaucous ,
gloomy ,
gone ,
gray ,
gray -
black ,
gray -
brown ,
gray -
colored ,
gray -
drab ,
gray -
green ,
gray -
spotted ,
gray -
toned ,
gray -
white ,
grayed ,
grayish ,
grey ,
griseous ,
grizzle ,
grizzled ,
grizzly ,
groggy ,
gross -
headed ,
gruel ,
gutless ,
haggard ,
half -
witted ,
hard ,
hardened ,
harping ,
hazy ,
heartless ,
heavy ,
hebetate ,
hebetudinous ,
ho -
hum ,
hollow ,
homely ,
homespun ,
hopeless ,
hueless ,
humdrum ,
hypochromic ,
icy ,
imbecile ,
immovable ,
impassible ,
impassive ,
imperceptive ,
impercipient ,
imperturbable ,
impotent ,
in a stupor ,
in abeyance ,
in suspense ,
inactive ,
inane ,
inanimate ,
indifferent ,
indistinct ,
inert ,
inexcitable ,
infecund ,
infertile ,
inirritable ,
insensate ,
insensible ,
insensitive ,
insentient ,
insipid ,
insouciant ,
insusceptible ,
inured ,
invariable ,
irksome ,
iron -
gray ,
jaded ,
jejune ,
jog -
trot ,
kayo ,
keep within bounds ,
knock out ,
knock senseless ,
knock stiff ,
knock unconscious ,
lackadaisical ,
lackluster ,
languid ,
languorous ,
latent ,
lay ,
lay low ,
lay out ,
lead -
gray ,
leaden ,
lean ,
lenify ,
lessen ,
lethargic ,
lifeless ,
lighten ,
limber ,
limp ,
listless ,
literal ,
livid ,
logy ,
long -
winded ,
low -
spirited ,
lowering ,
lull ,
lumpish ,
lurid ,
lusterless ,
lustless ,
marrowless ,
mat ,
matter -
of -
fact ,
mealy ,
mediocre ,
medium ,
middling ,
mitigate ,
moderate ,
modest ,
modulate ,
mollify ,
monotone ,
monotonous ,
moribund ,
moronic ,
mouse -
colored ,
mouse -
gray ,
mousy ,
muddy ,
muffle ,
muffled ,
mull ,
mundane ,
murky ,
mute ,
muted ,
namby -
pamby ,
narcotize ,
natural ,
neat ,
nerveless ,
neutral ,
nonchalant ,
nonemotional ,
nubilous ,
numb ,
numbed ,
numbing ,
numskulled ,
obdurate ,
objective ,
obscure ,
obtund ,
obtundent ,
obtuse ,
of a kind ,
of a sort ,
of sorts ,
opaque ,
open ,
ordinary ,
out of touch ,
overcast ,
overclouded ,
pad ,
pale ,
pale as death ,
pale -
faced ,
palliate ,
pallid ,
palsy ,
paralyze ,
passable ,
passionless ,
passive ,
pasty ,
patient ,
pearl ,
pearl -
gray ,
pearly ,
pedestrian ,
peroxide ,
phlegmatic ,
pithless ,
plain ,
plain -
speaking ,
plain -
spoken ,
play down ,
plodding ,
pluckless ,
poetryless ,
pointless ,
poky ,
ponderous ,
pooped ,
poultice ,
pour balm into ,
pour oil on ,
powerless ,
prolix ,
prosaic ,
prosing ,
prosy ,
pure ,
put to sleep ,
rattle ,
reduce ,
reduce the temperature ,
relieve ,
repress ,
resigned ,
respectable ,
restrain ,
retard ,
retund ,
rocky ,
rounded ,
rubbery ,
rustic ,
sad ,
sallow ,
salve ,
sap ,
sapless ,
sated ,
sedentary ,
self -
absorbed ,
severe ,
shake ,
shake up ,
sickly ,
silver ,
silver -
gray ,
silvered ,
silvery ,
simple ,
simple -
speaking ,
simpleminded ,
sinewless ,
singsong ,
slack ,
slacken ,
slake ,
slate -
colored ,
slaty ,
sleeping ,
sleepy ,
slow ,
slow down ,
slow -
witted ,
sluggish ,
slumbering ,
smoke -
gray ,
smoky ,
smoldering ,
smoothed ,
smother ,
smothered ,
so -
so ,
sober ,
sober down ,
soft ,
soft -
pedal ,
soften ,
soften up ,
softened ,
solemn ,
somber ,
somnolent ,
soothe ,
soporific ,
sordo ,
soulless ,
spare ,
spineless ,
spiritless ,
spunkless ,
stagnant ,
stagnating ,
staid ,
standing ,
stark ,
static ,
steady ,
steel -
gray ,
steely ,
sterile ,
stiff ,
stifle ,
stifled ,
stodgy ,
stoic ,
stolid ,
stone -
colored ,
stop ,
straightforward ,
strengthless ,
stuffy ,
stultified ,
stun ,
stupe ,
stupefied ,
stupefy ,
stupid ,
subdue ,
subdued ,
subfusc ,
sunless ,
superficial ,
supine ,
suppress ,
suspended ,
tallow -
faced ,
tame ,
tarnish ,
tasteless ,
taupe ,
tedious ,
temper ,
thick ,
thick -
brained ,
thick -
headed ,
thick -
pated ,
thick -
skinned ,
thick -
witted ,
thickskulled ,
tiresome ,
tiring ,
tolerable ,
tone down ,
toneless ,
torpid ,
treadmill ,
tune down ,
turn ,
unadorned ,
unaffected ,
unaffectionate ,
unaroused ,
unbrace ,
uncaring ,
uncolored ,
unconcerned ,
undermine ,
underplay ,
undisturbable ,
unedged ,
unembellished ,
unemotional ,
uneventful ,
unfanciful ,
unfeeling ,
unfelt ,
unflappable ,
unhardened ,
unideal ,
unidealistic ,
unimaginative ,
unimpassioned ,
unimpressionable ,
uninspired ,
uninterested ,
uninteresting ,
uninventive ,
unirritable ,
unlively ,
unloving ,
unman ,
unnerve ,
unnerved ,
unnervous ,
unoriginal ,
unpassionate ,
unperceptive ,
unpoetic ,
unpoetical ,
unpointed ,
unresponding ,
unresponsive ,
unromantic ,
unromanticized ,
unsharp ,
unsharpened ,
unstrengthen ,
unstring ,
unstrung ,
unsusceptible ,
unsympathetic ,
untouchable ,
unvarnished ,
unvarying ,
vapid ,
vegetable ,
vegetative ,
wan ,
wash out ,
washed -
out ,
waxen ,
weak ,
weaken ,
weakly ,
weariful ,
wearisome ,
weary ,
whey -
faced ,
white ,
whiten ,
wishy -
washy ,
withdrawn ,
wooden ,
world -
weary
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DULL中文 (简体)翻译:剑桥词典 Many people use alcohol to dull their pain The medication dulled her senses There was no way to dull the noise of the bombardment My sight may have dulled, but my other senses are sharper
dull_百度百科 形容词词义包括钝的、迟钝的、无趣的、呆滞的、阴暗的;名词作为人名,如 (罗、匈)杜尔、 (柬)杜、 (英)达尔;及物动词词义为使迟钝、使阴暗、缓和,不及物动词词义为减少、变迟钝。 常见短语搭配有dull black、dull color、dull sale等。
Dull - 搜索 词典 5 Most people think of it, when they think of it at all, for it seems to have this reputation as dull, as a nice, quiet almost charming job 多数人 在 想到 这个 工作 的 时候 都 觉得 这 是 份 有些 呆板, 但是 舒服 、 安静 甚至 有些 迷人 的 工作。
DULL | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary The first day of our holiday was dull It was a dull, cloudy day The beach didn't look so pretty under dull skies
DULL Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster dull, blunt, obtuse mean not sharp, keen, or acute dull suggests a lack or loss of keenness, zest, or pungency
“深入解析‘dull’一词的多重含义及其日常用法”_Dull_颜色_感觉 “Dull”最常见的意思是“无趣的”或“乏味的”。 想象一下,有时候你可能会去参加一个聚会,结果发现气氛冷淡,大家都很沉闷,谈话内容也毫无吸引力。 这时,你就可能会说:“这个聚会真是太 dull 了! ”在这里,“dull”指的是聚会缺乏活力和趣味,让人感觉无聊。 除了形容事物的无趣,“dull”还可以用来描述某种感觉或情绪。 比如,有时候你可能会感到情绪低落,心情不佳,这种感觉也可以用“dull”来形容。 比如说:“我今天感觉有点 dull,什么都提不起兴趣。 ”这种用法传达出一种无精打采的状态,表现出一种情感上的迟钝。 再往深处说,“dull”也可以用来形容某种程度上的迟钝或缺乏敏锐性。
Dull什么意思?解析枯燥、迟钝、暗淡等6种核心含义与用法 Dull 是一个英语多义词,其核心意象源于“钝的”,引申为“缺乏活力、刺激或锐度”。英式发音和美式发音均为 [dʌl]。它主要用作形容词,也可作动词,含义根据语境变化巨大。其基本含义可归纳为四类:①形容事物或人感觉无聊、沉闷;②形容人智力或反应迟钝;③形容光线、颜色等物理属性
区别辨析foolish、silly、stupid、simple与dull - 英文之旅 dull : 指对问题理解迟钝,缺乏灵敏机智头脑,可能是先下智力低下,也可能因疲倦或健康不佳所致。
DULL Synonyms: 694 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam-Webster The words blunt and obtuse are common synonyms of dull While all three words mean "not sharp, keen, or acute," dull suggests a lack or loss of keenness, zest, or pungency