英:[bliːk]
美:[bliːk]
英:[bliːk]
美:[bliːk]
词根:bleak
adv.bleakly 风吹雨打地;荒凉地;阴郁地
n.bleakness 严寒;阴郁;萧瑟凄凉;惨淡无望
Adjective
1. offering little or no hope;
"the future looked black"
"prospects were bleak"
"Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult"- J.M.Synge
"took a dim view of things"
2. providing no shelter or sustenance;
"bare rocky hills"
"barren lands"
"the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"
"the desolate surface of the moon"
"a stark landscape"
3. unpleasantly cold and damp;
"bleak winds of the North Atlantic"
公元1300年, bleik,"苍白的,苍白的",源自古诺斯 bleikr "苍白的,发白的,金发的",源自原始日耳曼语 *blaika- "发光的,白色的"(源头还有古萨克森语 blek "苍白的,发光的",荷兰语 bleek,古高地德语 bleih,德语 bleich),源自 PIE 词根 *bhel- (1) "发光,闪烁,燃烧",也指"发光的白色"。
最初的英语意义已经过时; "光秃秃的,被风吹的"的意思来自于1530年代; "阴郁的"的比喻意义来自公元1719年左右。同源的日耳曼语词根产生了中古英语 blake "苍白的"(古英语 blac),但这个词已经不再使用,可能是因为与 blæc "黑色的"混淆(姓氏 Blake 可以指"肤色苍白的人"或"肤色黑暗的人")。Bleak 幸存下来,但只有"光秃秃的,贫瘠的"的意思。相关词汇: Bleakly; bleakness。
Middle English bleke pale; probably akin to Old English blāc
The first known use of bleak was in 1574
blear1 of 2verb
to make (the eyes) sore or watery
dim entry 2 sense 1, blur
bleared sight
blear2 of 2adjective
dim with water or tears
bleakadjective
open to wind or weather
a bleak coast
cold entry 1 sense 1, raw
a bleak November evening
dreary, cheerless
the future looks bleak
very plain
bleakadjective
open to wind or weather
a bleak coast
cold entry 1 sense 1, raw
a bleak November evening
dreary, cheerless
the future looks bleak
very plain
bleakadjective
open to wind or weather
a bleak coast
cold entry 1 sense 1, raw
a bleak November evening
dreary, cheerless
the future looks bleak
very plain
bleakadjective
open to wind or weather
a bleak coast
cold entry 1 sense 1, raw
a bleak November evening
dreary, cheerless
the future looks bleak
very plain
bleakadjective
open to wind or weather
a bleak coast
cold entry 1 sense 1, raw
a bleak November evening
dreary, cheerless
the future looks bleak
very plain
1 But the short-term outlook is bleak, and the schedule, which includes Oklahoma, Iowa State, Utah, Arizona and both Kansas schools, is daunting.
2 Of course, with the bleak light falling on her face, I could hardly help but notice the lines that had appeared here and there.
3 Our life in New York was so bleak, and we clung to it with such an unsteady grip, that I doubt my da had much he would want to report.
4 Along with its bleak desert conditions, Sudan is one of the worst places on the planet.
除了它荒凉的沙漠条件外, 苏丹肯定是世界上最差劲的地方之一.
5 They sat with their heels dug into the sand and watched the bleak sea wash up at their feet.
6 His face was bleak...
他脸色阴郁。
7 Didn’t so much enjoy the bleak aftermath of my unsuccessful attempt to put them to use—very good at picking locks but not so good at getting out of the building.
8 “I am not overly bleak yet,” she says.
“我还没有极度沮丧,”她说。
9 The long-run fiscal picture is very bleak.
财政的长期图景很暗淡。
10 Somalia’s future is bleak.
索马里的未来堪称暗淡。
11 The patched places showed up bleak against the wasted pink paint of the barn.
12 At eight o’clock Doctor Copeland sat at his desk, studying a sheaf of papers by the bleak morning light from the window.
13 “But it’s bleak. Nothing of interest, really. No, Doli, I’m afraid there’s nothing I can do for you. Except set you on your way as quickly as possible.”
14 He had visited the bleak housing projects and seen how people there were fighting each day for survival.
15 The wind was in the East and all the mists had rolled away; wide lands lay bleak about them in the bitter light.
16 Because my environment was bare and bleak, I endowed it with unlimited potentialities, redeemed it for the sake of my own hungry and cloudy yearning.
17 Bleak is the new black.
失去希望是新的黑暗。
18 Behind them, the goose was beating his wings powerfully, throwing snow over the tracks they’d made; and near him, fire lost daemons were clustering or drifting away, crying little bleak cries of loss and longing.
19 Instead, after fifteen minutes or so of motoring, I found myself out on a long road curving across bleak, open moorland.
20 We didn’t say anything more—Mr. Pignati wedged right between us—as we rolled along the bleak pathways of the zoo.
1 悲哀的
threnetic sorry sad sore dole dreary woeful sullen lamentable plaintive elegiac funereal lamenting ruth dolorous woebegone triste lachrymose tristful elegiacal
2 无遮蔽的
3 阴沉的
dismal dreary sombre sullen grey funereal sepulchral saturnine black heavy solemn murky dour morose sunless glum crabbed
4 凄凉
forlornly dismal desolate dole dreary howling lonesome forlorn pensive god-forsaken black-browed desolation cheerless desolated drearisome heavily
7 萧瑟的
8 暗淡的
black dark boring pale dull dim dismal dingy dusky colourless pallid matt cheerless low thin dirty muddy muted sombre neutral watery blue wan faint sickly dimmish
9 不乐观的
11 寒冷的
chilly parky wintry cold crisp chill frigid nippy icy glacial cutting frosty nipping shivery algid hiemal inclement winterly hibernal acold blue brumous winterish
12 裸露的
13 阴郁
black dark dismal morose sulky funereal cheerless sad lowering overcast glum doleful Lenten long-faced dismally bleakly pensively drearily bleakness dreariness overcloud
14 冷酷的
flinthearted stonyhearted hard tough rocky grim relentless ruthless stony inhuman heartless merciless steely crass unkind cold-blooded inexorable dour bloodless unfeeling pitiless remorseless frostbitten obdurate hardcase snaky hard-bitten hardhearted uncompassionate marbly kindless ironfisted hardhanded ironhearted cruelhearted
15 凄凉的
wintry barren desolate dismal dole dreary howling lonesome forlorn pensive god-forsaken black-browed wintery godforsaken cheerless disconsolate desolated drearisome
17 索然无味的
18 暗淡
black dark boring pale dull dim dismal dingy dusky colourless pallid matt cheerless dimly blackness dullness dimness dinginess wanness low thin dirty muddy muted sombre eclipse tarnish blue neutral wan faint sickly dimmish dingily sickliness scumble extinguish obfuscate
19 荒凉
wild stark desolate inhospitable gaunt desolation solitary forlorn godforsaken wildness starkness waste lonely lorn uninhabited lonesome savage rude wintry uncouth stern deserted howling wintery Saharan brumal d. wasteness savagery savagism dern desert dismal uncivilized dree drearily comfortlessly dreariness solitariness gauntness comfortlessness
20 欧
22 冷酷
flinthearted stonyhearted hard tough rocky grim relentless ruthless stony inhuman heartless merciless steely crass unkind cold-blooded inexorable dour bloodless unfeeling pitiless remorseless frostbitten obdurate hardcase snaky hard-bitten hardhearted uncompassionate marbly kindless ironfisted hardhanded ironhearted cruelhearted unkindly frost hardness
23 裸露
24 寒冷
cold icy chilly glacial frigid wintry nippy parky chill coldness cutting crisp frosty nipping shivery algid cool hiemal inclement winterly hibernal algidity frigidity chilliness acold inclemency chillness algor blue brumous winterish winterishly wintriness
25 尖锐
high quick thin cutting keen acute salty piercing jagged pungent strident mordant trenchant piked hard poignancy file sharpen
26 沮丧
blue broken disappointed depressed frustrated gloomy dejected despondent downcast disheartened crestfallen discouraged downhearted low-spirited down depression disappointment blues discouragement dejection comedown flag chill dampen depress prostrate on a downer be cast down weigh on weigh down
27 忧郁
atrabiliar down blue yellow funky rhino feral melancholy dismal gloomy morbid somber melancholic downbeat glum rosewater joyless dumpy hipped doleful humpy disconsolate atrabilious adust tristful bringdown hippish dumpish heavy mokers blues doldrums dumps mulligrubs depression hip dump blah oppression hump spleen gloom blackness sullen mope dejection blueness dinge megrim darken overcloud cloud vapor depress off feed
29 单调的
dead-alive same waste flat quiet vegetable plain mechanic pedestrian tame blah prose dreary monotonous monotone prosaic humdrum stodgy leaden unexciting unglamorous monotonic toneless unrelieved singsong unvaried prosy samey ticky-tacky saltless banausic heavy
30 鲤科
goldfish barb carp roach minnow bream shiner chub dace barbel squawfish rudd asp tench gudgeon orfe danio crucian bitterling scissortail mahseer fallfish grass carp harlequin fish
31 苍白
white green sick blank wan pale lunar complexion lymphatic sickly ghastly pasty lurid colourless bloodless mealy ashy doughy pallid waxen tallowy caesious ash pallor sickliness chalk blench peelie-wally light lily ghostly colorless waxy washy paly white-livered whiteness
33 悲哀
threnetic sorry sad sore dole dreary woeful sullen lamentable plaintive elegiac funereal lamenting ruth dolorous woebegone triste lachrymose tristful elegiacal tsoris threnode passion teen sorrow sadness woe bitterness gloom heaviness pall threnody dolour wae sadden con dolore
34 单调
dead-alive same waste flat quiet vegetable plain mechanic pedestrian tame blah prose dreary monotonous monotone prosaic humdrum stodgy leaden unexciting unglamorous one-note monotonic toneless unrelieved singsong unvaried prosy samey ticky-tacky saltless banausic heavy flatly vegetably wasteland drab monotony flatness platitude sameness vapidity inanimation creep monotonize mechanize
35 没有希望的
36 阴沉
dismal dreary sombre sullen grey funereal sepulchral saturnine black heavy solemn murky dour morose sunless glum crabbed gloom fall
37 沮丧的
blue broken disappointed depressed frustrated gloomy dejected despondent downcast disheartened crestfallen discouraged downhearted low-spirited down on a downer be cast down
38 苍白的
white green sick blank wan pale lunar complexion lymphatic sickly ghastly pasty lurid colourless bloodless mealy ashy doughy pallid waxen tallowy caesious peelie-wally light lily ghostly colorless waxy washy paly white-livered
40 阴郁的
stark sullen lugubrious sepulchral moody gloomy horrid dreary darksome disconsolate black dark dismal morose sulky funereal cheerless sad lowering overcast glum doleful Lenten
42 荒凉的
wild desert Savage solitary desolate Gaunt stark inhospitable forlorn godforsaken waste lonely lorn gaunt uninhabited lonesome savage rude wintry uncouth stern deserted howling wintery Saharan brumal d. dern dismal uncivilized dree
43 冷峻的
44 凄惨的
46 不宜居住的
47 尖锐的
high quick thin cutting keen acute salty piercing jagged pungent strident mordant trenchant piked
48 光秃秃的
50 忧郁的
atrabiliar down blue yellow funky rhino feral melancholy dismal gloomy morbid somber melancholic downbeat glum rosewater joyless dumpy hipped doleful humpy disconsolate atrabilious adust tristful bringdown hippish dumpish heavy off feed
51 令人沮丧的
53 无遮蔽
55 严峻的