單詞
dull
英 [d?l]
美[d?l]
基本信息
- adj. 鈍的；遲鈍的；無(wú)趣的；呆滯的；陰暗的
- vt. 使遲鈍；使陰暗；緩和
- vi. 減少；變遲鈍
- n. (Dull)人名；(羅、匈)杜爾；(柬)杜；(英)達(dá)爾
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詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?dulls;過(guò)去式:?dulled;過(guò)去分詞:?dulled;現(xiàn)在分詞:?dulling;比較級(jí):?duller;最高級(jí):?dullest;副詞:?dully;名詞:?dullness;
中文詞源
dull 沉悶的
PIE*dheu, 煙塵，煙霧，詞源同dust, deaf, dumb.
英文詞源
- dull
- dull: [13] Dull originally meant ‘slow-witted’. It was borrowed from Middle Low German dul, a descendant of the prehistoric Germanic adjective *dulaz, which also produced German toll and Old English dol ‘stupid’ (the Old English adjective does not seem to have survived beyond the 10th century). The modern meaning ‘boring’ developed in the 15th century. The now littleused dullard [15] is a derivative (reflecting the adjective’s original sense), as also is probably dolt [16].
=> dolt - dull (adj.)
- c. 1200, "stupid;" early 13c., "blunt, not sharp;" rare before mid-14c., apparently from Old English dol "dull-witted, foolish," or an unrecorded parallel word, or from Middle Low German dul "slow-witted," both from Proto-Germanic *dulaz (cognates: Old Frisian and Old Saxon dol "foolish," Old High German tol, German toll "mad, wild," Gothic dwals "foolish"), from PIE *dheu- (1) "dust, vapor, smoke" (and related notions of "defective perception or wits"). Of color from early 15c.; of pain or other sensations from 1725. Sense of "boring" first recorded 1580s.
dull. (8) Not exhilarating; not delightful; as to make dictionaries is dull work. [Johnson]
Dullsville, slang for "town where nothing happens," attested from 1960. - dull (v.)
- c. 1200, "to grow weary, tire;" of pointed or edged things from c. 1400; of the senses from 1550s; from dull (adj.). Related: Dulled; dulling.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. The evidence was read out to the court in a dull monotone.
- 證據(jù)被當(dāng)庭呆板地宣讀了一遍。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. I found the characters very two-dimensional, not to say dull.
- 我覺(jué)得那些人物形象即使不說(shuō)是乏味無(wú)聊，至少也是毫無(wú)深度。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. Broadcast news was accurate and reliable but deadly dull.
- 新聞廣播準(zhǔn)確可靠但卻非?？菰铩?/dd>
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. He is a dull writer and that's a fact.
- 他寫(xiě)的東西很沒(méi)意思，真的。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 5. Not being a mother, I found the chit-chat exceedingly dull.
- 我沒(méi)當(dāng)母親，所以覺(jué)得那樣的閑談無(wú)聊透頂。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句