dreary是什么意思？

dreary

英[ˈdrɪəri] 美[ˈdrɪri]

• adj. 沉寂的，阴沉的，令人厌烦的，枯燥的；
• n. 可怕的人物；

比较级：drearier;

最高级：dreariest;

副词：drearily;

名词：dreariness;

例句

• She was tired of hearing the same dreary tale of drunkenness and violence. 她听够了那些关于酗酒和暴力的乏味故事。
• What makes life dreary is the want of motive. -- George Eliot 没有了目的，生活便郁闷无光。 -- 乔治 埃略特
• As he made this dreary soliloquy, he had cantered out of Rotten Row into the park. 他一边这么闷闷不乐地自言自语,一边离开了罗登道,来到公园里.
• His eye rested on Shelton, fanatic and dreary. 他眼光既热情又阴郁地落在谢尔顿身上.
• His speech was dreary. 他的讲演枯燥乏味.
• The otherwise dreary book is enlivened by some very amusing illustrations. 这本枯燥乏味的书幸亏加了一些精彩的插图才变得生动有趣.
• a dreary winter's day 阴沉的冬日
• Oh, how dark and comfortless it was in the dreary world! 啊!这个茫茫的世界, 是多么灰色和凄凉啊!
• So a dreary Monday afternoon in Walthamstow is nothing to write home about, right? 这么说，在沃尔瑟姆斯托度过的一个沉闷的周一下午没什么值得大书特书的，是吗？
• They live such dreary lives. 他们的生活如此乏味！

同义词

• adj.
  dreary的同义词之：阴郁的,令人沮丧的
  disheartening, somber, depressing, dismal, dull, discouraging, gloomy,
• dreary的同义词之：其他释义
  dark, dismal, solemn, somber, cheerless, bleak, doleful, grey, funereal, monotonous, discouraging, black, dull, dead, tedious, colorless, depressing, gloomy,

同义词解析

• 以下这些形容词均表示"单调的，乏味的，厌烦的" 的意思
  dull：指缺乏鲜明、吸引力或情趣而显得乏味、沉闷。
  tedious：侧重指文章、演讲、演出等冗长乏味或环境等单调、沉闷，缺乏活力，使感到不舒服。
  monotonous：指没有变化、重复单调的。
  dreary：侧重无趣味的，不活泼的事或思想状态。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  沉闷的;枯燥无味的;令人沮丧的
  If you describe something as dreary, you mean that it is dull and depressing.
  例句
  ...a dreary little town in the Midwest... 位于中西部的沉闷的小镇 They live such dreary lives. 他们的生活如此乏味！

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  令人厌烦的; 单调的; 枯燥的
  It was the dreariest job I had ever done. 那是我所做过的最沉闷的工作。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. depressing in character or appearance;
  "drove through dingy streets""the dismal prison twilight"- Charles Dickens"drab old buildings""a dreary mining town""gloomy tenements""sorry routine that follows on the heels of death"- B.A.Williams
  2. lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise;
  "her drab personality""life was drab compared with the more exciting life style overseas""a series of dreary dinner parties"