duller

duller

美 [dʌl] 　英 [dʌl]

  • v.减轻；（使）变麻木；使迟钝；使不活泼；变钝；缓和；把…弄钝；使阴暗
  • adj.枯燥无味的；沉闷的；无聊的；不明亮的；萧条的；枯燥的；呆笨的；不锋利的
  • 网络晦暗；暗淡；色更黯淡

词形变化

比较级：duller  最高级：dullest  第三人称单数：dulls  现在分词：dulling  过去式：dulled  

反义词

adj.
sharp

英汉双解

adj.
乏味boring
1.
枯燥无味的；沉闷的；无聊的not interesting or exciting
Life in a small town could be deadly dull.
小城镇的生活可能会非常没意思。
The first half of the game was pretty dull.
上半场比赛打得十分沉闷。
There's never a dull moment when John's around.
只要约翰在就不会有沉闷的时候。
光；色彩light/colours
2.
不明亮的；不鲜明的；无光泽的not bright or shiny
a dull grey colour
暗灰色
dull, lifeless hair
无光泽、无弹性的头发
Her eyes were dull.
她目光呆滞。
天气weather
3.
阴沉的；昏暗的；多云的not bright, with a lot of clouds
It was a dull, grey day.
那是一个阴沉昏暗的日子。
声音sounds
4.
不清晰的；隐约的；低沉的not clear or loud
The gates shut behind him with a dull thud.
他走出后，大门砰的一声闷响关上了。
疼痛pain
5.
隐隐约约的not very severe, but continuous
a dull ache/pain
隐隐的疼痛
人person
6.
迟钝的；愚笨的slow in understanding
a dull pupil
脑子迟钝的小学生
贸易trade
7.
萧条的；不景气的；呆滞的not busy; slow
Don't sell into a dull market.
不要到萧条的市场去推销。
v.
疼痛pain
1.
[t][i]
~ (sth)
减轻；（使）变麻木to become or be made weaker or less severe
The tablets they gave him dulled the pain for a while.
他们给他的药片暂时缓解了疼痛。
人person
2.
[t]
~ sb
使迟钝；使不活泼to make a person slower or less lively
He felt dulled and stupid with sleep.
他睡得迷迷糊糊，昏头昏脑。
色彩；声音colours/sounds
3.
[i][t]
（使）变得无光泽，变模糊，变低沉to become or to make sth less bright, clean or sharp
His eyes dulled and he slumped to the ground.
他眼前一黑重重地倒在地上。
The endless rain seemed to dull all sound.
连绵不断的阴雨似乎使所有的声音都变得沉闷起来。

习惯用语

(as) dull as ditchwater
索然无味；无聊透顶extremely boring

英汉解释

adj.
1.
(市场等)呆滞的,萧条的;(谈话等)单调的,枯燥的,无聊的,沉闷的
2.
愚钝的,感觉迟钝的,呆笨的
3.
钝的,不快的,不锋利的
4.
(天气等)阴郁的,阴暗的;(颜色等)暗淡的
5.
(光等)模糊的
v.
1.
缓和,减轻(痛苦等)
2.
把...弄钝
3.
使阴暗,使阴郁
4.
使迟钝;使呆滞
5.
【印,纺】消光
6.
变钝;变迟钝
7.
(痛苦等)减少

英英解释

adj.
1.
boring, or not interesting
2.
not bright or shiny; if the weather is dull, there are a lot of clouds and it is dark
3.
not able to understand or react to what is happening
4.
a dull pain is not very strong but continues for a long time
5.
a dull sound is low and not very clear
6.
not intelligent
7.
a dull blade is not sharp
8.
if business or trade is dull, it is not busy
v.
1.
to make a feeling weaker
2.
to make someone’s mind slower or less able to understand, think, hear, etc.
3.
to make a sound weaker or less clear

例句

He jumped to his feet and clapped his hand on the shoulder of a slumped, pocked version of himself, with a face, astoundingly, even duller.

他跳了起来，用手拍打着一个肩膀，那是另一个消沉、布满痘痕的他，那张面孔，实在令人惊奇，竟然更为呆滞。

In spite of all this care the Horse's coat grew steadily duller. Its eyes sank in its head and hairs began to fall out of its tail.

尽管有这些照料，马的皮毛还变得黯然无光了，眼睛也凹了进去，尾巴也直掉毛。

True, a duller ex-governor of a Midwestern state would not have had a musical written about him, or appeared in Donald Trump's reality show.

诚然，作为中西部州的前州长要是经历再乏味一些的话，就不会有人为他树碑立传，他也就不会出现在唐纳德•特朗普的真人秀上了。

It was because of that that I abandoned journalism, and took to so much duller work: tutoring and private secretaryship.

正是为了这个原因，我才离开了新闻界，干起了更枯燥的差事：家庭教师和私人秘书。

Let them go on: Without them the music would be duller, quieter and with less quality.

请让她们继续：这世界若失去她们的音乐将会何等沉闷，安静甚至劣质。

Hypo Real Estate was Germany's largest property lender: it is hard to think of a duller but more profitable dominant position.

HypoRealEstate是德国最大的房贷银行：这种支配地位枯燥无味、却利润丰厚，难找出其右者。

Tom ought to have weeded out the duller articles from his book.

汤姆本该把书中较枯燥的部分删去。

That said, "Hillary: the Movie" is no duller or more biased than much of what passes for journalism these days.

有人说，比起现在的新闻界，“希拉里：大电影”并不显得更为无聊或持有偏见。

The color of brass is most close to gold but with a much duller sheen except perhaps immediately after polishing.

黄铜色的最为接近金牌，但有一个更乏味，也许除了立即抛光后的光泽。

Once reshaped, the CDS market will be a bit duller and a lot less lucrative.

一旦CDS市场被重塑，它将变得沉闷无比，而且无利可图。

Recovery among the students sat opposite the real window was no faster on brighter versus duller days.

坐在窗户前的同学在明朗的日子并没有比阴暗的时候恢复得快。

Gorgeous life turns dull, and dull life turns duller. I walkthrough the lengthy road only to understand how short itis.

人生由绚烂变为平淡，再由平淡趋于愈加平淡，漫漫长路，一团体走过，无非是为理解它有多么长久。

Gorgeous life turns dull, and dull life turns duller. I walk through the lengthy road only to understand how short it is.

人生由绚烂变为平淡，再由平淡趋于更加平淡，漫漫长路，一个人走过，无非是为了解它有多么短暂。

The British economy is not alone in expecting a duller future.

英国不是唯一被认为是有着暗淡未来的国家。

Detailed figures for euro-area GDP, published on November 30th, confirmed a slowing from a stunning second quarter to a much duller third.

11月30日发布的详尽的GDP数据，证实了欧元区的经济在度过激动人心的第二季度之后，第三季度已经有所放缓，光芒显得暗淡许多。

Dali is duller than Lijiang, but as I stroll around its streets, the sound of strange music draws me down a narrow lane.

同丽江相比，大理则是更为单调。但在我四处溜逛古城街道的时候，不同寻常的的音乐之声将我吸引到一个狭窄小巷。

Individual three has a duller outermost primary (still white), but is neither long-billed nor - tailed, so Middendorff's.

个体三有较不鲜明的最外侧初级飞羽（仍然是白色），但既不是长喙也不是长尾，所以是北蝗莺。

After putting on glasses color perception changes, the pink color becomes duller! ! ! Beware!

当你戴上眼镜后，你身上的颜色比例就有了变化，粉色看起来变暗了，所以要十分注意颜色的搭配！

If we did all this, the world of finance would be duller and safer.

如果我们做到所有这些，金融领域将更加枯燥和安全。

Managers often prefer to focus on new products rather than the duller work of business process.

经理人员经常更乐于关注新产品而不是商业运营中的乏味工作。

The first conference gave birth to the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. Its successor will be duller and less consequential.

第一次会议创建了世界银行（WorldBank）和国际货币基金组织（IMF），而其续集将更为无趣，也没那么重要。

They are far duller folk than their caricatures and the offences they are accused of crumble on closer examination.

他们远远比他们的漫画形象无聊得多，而那些针对他们的指控也在进一步考察下土崩瓦解。

Short-term interest rates near zero make cash even duller than usual.

短期利率接近于零让持有现金比通常更没有意义。

A highly crimped fiber, like wool, has a duller appearance.

高度起皱的纤维，象羊毛，有一次更加愚钝的出现。

Gorgeous life turns dull, and dull life turns duller.

绚烂的人生会变得淡而无味，再由淡然无味变得更加枯燥。

Because smoking causes the skin to become duller.

吸烟使得皮肤失去光泽，变得黯淡无光。

Duller books do so and the virtue of Family Wars is that it entertains through schadenfreude.

比较沉闷的书就会详细论述，而《家族战争》的优点在于，它通过“幸灾乐祸”来娱乐读者。

This week's class was duller than last (week's).

这周的课比上周的更加枯燥无味。

By 1-2 years: Teeth are duller and the back teeth may have some yellowing.

1-2岁，牙齿钝化，后槽牙或许还有点发黄

BANKING DOESN'T GET much duller than in Japan.

在银行业领域，很少有比日本还迟钝的。

Poker is getting younger, cleverer, duller and much, much richer

更年轻，更聪明，更沉稳，以及更加更加富有

There are many teachers in schools and colleges who seem duller than the dullest of their pupils;

学校和学院中的许多教师，他们比最沉闷呆滞的学生还过之而无不及；

Whether fresher or duller, whether of winter cloud

无论新鲜还是迟钝的，无论是冬云

The barring of some candidates will make for a duller but safer race

某些候选人的资格被取消，大选不求精彩只为安全

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