中文翻译与英英解释 | adj.
1.愚钝的，感觉迟钝的，呆笨的。
2.钝的，不快的，不锋利的 (opp. sharp)。
3.(天气等)阴郁的，阴暗的；(颜色等)暗淡的。
4.(市场等)呆滞的，萧条的；(谈话等)单调的，枯燥的，无聊的，沉闷的。
5.(光等)模糊的。
短语和例子
a dull child 头脑迟钝的孩子。 a dull edge 钝刀。 be dull of hearing 耳朵不灵。 a dull fire 文火。 a dull pain 钝痛，隐痛。 a dull day 阴天。 a dull town 萧条的市镇。 Trade is dull. 生意清淡。 a dull book 枯燥无味的书。 a dull landscape 单调的景色。
vt.
1.把…弄钝。
2.使阴暗，使阴郁。
3.缓和，减轻(痛苦等)。
4.使迟钝；使呆滞。
短语和例子
dull a razor's edge 把刀片弄钝了。 one's sense dulled by his emotion 因激动而造成的感觉迟钝。 dull sorrow 减轻哀愁。
vi.
1.变钝；变迟钝。
2.(痛苦等)减少。
3.【纺织；印染】消光。
短语和例子
dull the edge of 1. 弄钝刃口。 2. 减弱(兴趣等)。
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| emitting or reflecting very little light; "a dull glow"; "dull silver badly in need of a polish"; "a dull sky"
| | not having a sharp edge or point; "the knife was too dull to be of any use"
| | not keenly felt; "a dull throbbing"; "dull pain"
| | 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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| (of business) not active or brisk; "business is dull (or slow)"; "a sluggish market"
同义词：slow, sluggish,
| | (of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted; "dull greens and blues"
| | 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"
同义词：dense, dim, dumb, obtuse, slow,
| | darkened with overcast; "a dark day"; "a dull sky"; "the sky was leaden and thick"
同义词：leaden,
| | 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"
同义词：boring, deadening, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome,
| | 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"
同义词：muffled, muted, softened,
| | not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft; "the dull thud"; "thudding bullets"
同义词：thudding,
| | blunted in responsiveness or sensibility; "a dull gaze"; "so exhausted she was dull to what went on about her"- Willa Cather
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| make less lively or vigorous; "Middle age dulled her appetite for travel"
| | become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness; "the varnished table top dulled with time"
| | become less interesting or attractive
同义词：pall,
| | make dull in appearance; "Age had dulled the surface"
| | make dull or blunt; "Too much cutting dulls the knife''s edge"
同义词：blunt,
| | make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses"
同义词：numb, benumb, blunt,
| | deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
同义词：muffle, mute, damp, dampen, tone down,
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例句与用法 | 1. | Village life is too dull for me .
我觉得乡村的生活方式太单调乏味了。
| | 2. | Lab work is dull and repetitious .
实验室里的工作味同嚼蜡翻来覆去。
| | 3. | It would be very dull to be married to denis .
和丹尼斯结婚太乏味了。
| | 4. | It had been dull and somber enough .
那是十分愁闷的，十分忧郁的。
| | 5. | Their dress was plain and dull in colouring .
他们的衣服朴素，颜色单调。
| | 6. | The surf's roar was here dulled .
拍岸浪的咆哮声在这儿略为低沉。
| | 7. | It is so much better than just dull comfort .
那比无聊的安安逸逸好多了。
| | 8. | Then followed a time of dull misery .
接着而来的是一段沉闷而苦痛的时日。
| | 9. | Watching television dulls one 's wits .
看电视能使人头脑迟钝。
| | 10. | I dare say you 're dull at home .
我敢说你在家里感到沉闷无聊。
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