dull
- adj.迟钝的;无聊的;枯燥无味的;阴沉的;低沉的;无光泽的;萧条的;隐约的;不鲜明的;隐隐约约的;不清晰的;令人生厌的;不明亮的
- v.使迟钝;减轻;使不活泼;(使)变得无光泽，变模糊，变低沉;(使)变麻木
最高级： dullest 比较级： duller 派生词： dullness n.;dully adv. 过去式： dulled 现在分词： dulling 过去分词： dulled 第三人称单数： dulls
dulladj.
乏味 boring
枯燥无味的；无聊的；令人生厌的
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
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。
声音 sounds
不清晰的；隐约的；低沉的
not clear or loud
The gates shut behind him with a dull thud.
他出去后门砰的一声闷响关上了。
天气 weather
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。
疼痛 pain
隐隐约约的
not very severe, but continuous
a dull ache/pain
隐隐的疼痛
人 person
迟钝的；愚笨的
slow in understanding
a dull pupil
脑子迟钝的小学生
贸易 trade
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。
‘I suppose so,’ she said dully.
“我看是这样。”她木然说道。
His leg ached dully.
他的腿隐隐作痛。
extremely boring
it is not healthy to spend all your time working; you need to relax too
verb
疼痛 pain
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
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
（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。
These words all describe a subject, activity, person or place that is not interesting or exciting.以上各词均形容课题、活动、人或地方等没意思、乏味。
not interesting; making you feel tired and impatient指没有趣味的、令人厌倦或厌烦的：
He's such a boring man!
他就是这么一个惹人烦的人！
She found her job very boring.
她觉得自己的工作很无聊。
not interesting or exciting指枯燥无味的、沉闷的：
Life in a small town could be deadly dull.
小城镇的生活可能会非常没意思。
lasting or taking too long and not interesting, so that you feel bored and impatient指冗长的、单调乏味的、令人厌烦的：
The journey soon became tedious.
那次旅行不久就变得乏味起来。
not attracting your interest or attention指无趣的、无聊的：
The food was dull and uninteresting.
食物单调得很，一点也不吸引人。
boring because it lacks human interest指干巴巴的、枯燥无味的：
Government reports tend to make dry reading.
政府报告读起来往往枯燥无味。
dull
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ADJ-GRADED 枯燥无味的;沉闷的;无聊的
If you describe someone or something as dull, you mean they are not interesting or exciting.They are both nice people but can be rather dull...
他俩都是好人但非常沉闷。
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They enjoy anything that breaks the dullness of their routine life.
只要能打破他们日常刻板、沉闷的生活，任何事情他们都喜欢。
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ADJ-GRADED 没精打采的;无生气的
Someone or something that is dull is not very lively or energetic.The body's natural rhythms mean we all feel dull and sleepy between 1 and 3pm.
人体生物钟会让我们在下午 1 点到 3 点之间感觉没精打采、昏昏欲睡。
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His eyes looked dully ahead.
他目光呆滞地看着前方。
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Did you notice any unusual depression or dullness of mind?
你有没有觉察到抑郁、反应迟钝等反常现象？
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ADJ-GRADED (颜色或光)不明亮的,晦暗的
A dull colour or light is not bright.The stamp was a dull blue colour.
邮票是晦暗的深蓝色。
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The street lamps gleamed dully through the night's mist.
街灯透过夜晚的薄雾隐约泛出亮光。
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ADJ-GRADED 阴沉的;昏暗的;多云的
You say the weather is dull when it is very cloudy.It's always dull and raining.
天气总是阴雨连绵。
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ADJ-GRADED （声音）不清晰的，隐约的，低沉的
Dull sounds are not very clear or loud.The long whining whistle of a shell was followed by the dull boom of the explosion...
在炮弹长长的哀鸣声呼啸而过之后是隆隆而低沉的爆炸声。
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He heard his heart thump dully but more quickly.
他听见低沉的心跳声，跳动的速度却更快了。
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ADJ-GRADED (感觉)不明显的，不强烈的，隐约的
Dull feelings are weak and not intense.The pain, usually a dull ache, gets worse with exercise...
通常不明显的疼痛在运动后会加剧。
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His arm throbbed dully.
他的胳膊隐约在抽动。
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ADJ-GRADED 钝的;不锋利的
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V-ERG (使)不强烈;(使)变得无光泽;(使)无生气
If something dulls or if it is dulled, it becomes less intense, bright, or lively.Her eyes dulled and she gazed blankly...
她眼神暗淡，呆呆地凝视着。
verb
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- make less lively or vigorous
- Middle age dulled her appetite for travel
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- become dull or lusterless in appearance;lose shine or brightness
- the varnished table top dulled with time
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- become less interesting or attractive
- Synonym: pall
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- make dull in appearance
- Age had dulled the surface
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- make dull or blunt
- Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge
- Synonym: blunt
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- make numb or insensitive
- The shock numbed her senses
- Synonym: numb benumb blunt
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- deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
- Synonym: muffle mute damp dampen tone down
adj
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- (of business) not active or brisk
- business is dull (or slow)
- a sluggish market
- Synonym: slow sluggish
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- emitting or reflecting very little light
- a dull glow
- dull silver badly in need of a polish
- a dull sky
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- (of color) very low in saturation;highly diluted
- dull greens and blues
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- 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"- Thackera
- dumb officials make some really dumb decisions
- he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse
- worked with the slow students
- Synonym: dense dim dumb obtuse slow
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- darkened with overcast
- a dark day
- a dull sky
- the sky was leaden and thick
- Synonym: leaden
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- not having a sharp edge or point
- the knife was too dull to be of any use
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- not keenly felt
- a dull throbbing
- dull pain
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- 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
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- 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 Burk
- tedious days on the train
- the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twai
- other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome
- Synonym: boring deadening ho-hum irksome slow tedious tiresome wearisome
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- 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: muffled muted softened
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- not clear and resonant;sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft
- the dull thud
- thudding bullets
- Synonym: thudding
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- blunted in responsiveness or sensibility
- a dull gaze
- so exhausted she was dull to what went on about her"- Willa Cathe
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At his best the man is still rather a dull fellow .
他这人即使是处在最佳状态的时候，也依然是一个迟钝的家伙。
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There 's nothing worse than trying to shave with a dull razor .
没有什么比用迟钝的刀片刮胡子更糟糕的事情了。
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Flowers can bring a dull room back to life .
鲜花可使沉闷的房间恢复生气。
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There 's never a dull moment when John 's around .
只要约翰在就不会有沉闷的时候。
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The town is still trying to cast off its dull image .
该镇仍在努力改变自己的单调形象。
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The second half of the game was dull by comparison with the first .
与上半场相比，比赛的下半场有些沉闷。
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Don 't sell into a dull market .
不要到萧条的市场去推销。
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It was a dull , grey day .
那是一个阴沉昏暗的日子。
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The village itself is pretty , but the surrounding countryside is rather dull .
村子本身很美，但周围的田野相当单调。
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He 's very nice , but I find him rather dull and predictable .
他为人很不错，但我觉得他相当呆板乏味。
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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。
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She brought sunshine into our dull lives .
她给我们乏味的生活带来了欢乐。
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His head hit the floor with a dull thud .
他的头砰的一声撞在了地板上。
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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。
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Bright curtains can cheer up a dull room .
色彩鲜艳的窗帘可以让单调的房间变得亮丽起来。
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The gates shut behind him with a dull thud .
他出去后门砰的一声闷响关上了。
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Her eyes were dull .
她目光呆滞。
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Today it will be dull and overcast .
今天天气将阴伴多云。
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He felt dulled and stupid with sleep .
他睡得迷迷糊糊，昏头昏脑。
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The music is dull and uninspiring , and the same is true of the acting .
音乐沉闷枯燥毫不动人，表演也是。
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The food was dull and uninteresting .
食物单调得很，一点也不吸引人。
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The food was dull and uninteresting .
食物单调无味。
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My headache faded to a dull throbbing .
我的头痛逐渐减轻，后来变得微微抽痛。
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They are both nice people but can be rather dull
他俩都是好人但非常沉闷。
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I found the characters very two-dimensional , not to say dull .
我觉得那些人物形象即使不说是乏味无聊，至少也是毫无深度。
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Tropical colours may look rather harsh in our dull northern light .
热带色彩在我们北方暗淡的光线下可能显得有点刺目。
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He is a dull writer and that 's a fact .
他写的东西很没意思，真的。
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Poems which had seemed dull and boring suddenly came to life .
原本显得沉闷枯燥的诗歌突然有了生气。
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The house was dull , old-fashioned and in bad condition
这幢房子死气沉沉、风格过时并且破败不堪。
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He was never dull , always erudite and well informed .
他从来就不愚笨，而是一直博学多才、见多识广。
普通用词，指某事物或某人因毫无趣味、吸引力而让人感到乏味的、无聊的。
The lesson was long and boring.
这一课又臭又长。
The job is boring.
这项工作枯燥乏味。
He was a boring nuisance!
他这人真讨厌！
指某事物毫无趣味的，也指缺乏令人心动的特征或品质的。
arid scientific studies
枯燥的科学研究
The audience soon grew tired of his arid speech.
没多久听众就对他枯燥无味的演说感到厌烦了。
指事物了无趣味、使人感到厌烦或沮丧的。
dreary work
乏味的工作
He is tired of the politician's dreary speech.
他厌倦了那个政客的枯燥演讲。
指书籍、讲话、话题等干巴巴的、生硬的、缺乏幽默的，有时含贬义。
a dry debate on diplomatic policies
关于外交政策的乏味辩论
A book full of figures is rather dry.
一本满是数据的书读起来很枯燥乏味。
作此义解时，通常只能用来形容事物，指因缺乏新鲜感、吸引力而显得乏味、沉闷的。
He doesn't believe that it will be a dull party.
他认为那不会是一次乏味的聚会。
This book is rather dull.
这本书很枯燥。
指没有变化、重复单调的。
a monotonous job/voice
单调的工作/声音
It is one of the most monotonous sounds of the spring.
这是春天里最单调的声音之一。
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