英:[ˈdrɪəri]
美:[ˈdrɪri]
英:[ˈdrɪəri]
美:[ˈdrɪri]
adj.
沉寂的
阴沉的
令人厌烦的
枯燥的
drear·y
dri ri
比较级:drearier或more dreary
最高级:dreariest或most dreary
drearily (adv.), dreariness (n.)
词根:drear
adj.drear 阴郁的;悲伤的(dreary)
adv.drearily 沉寂地;可怕地;令人厌倦地
n.dreariness 凄凉;沉寂;可怕
Adjective
1. depressing in character or appearance;
"drove through dingy streets"
"the dismal prison twilight"- Charles Dickens
"drab old buildings"
"a dreary mining town"
"gloomy tenements"
"sorry routine that follows on the heels of death"- B.A.Williams
2. lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise;
"her drab personality"
"life was drab compared with the more exciting life style overseas"
"a series of dreary dinner parties"
这组词都有“单调的、乏味的、厌烦的”的意思,其区别是:
dull指缺乏鲜明、吸引力或情趣而显得乏味、沉闷。
monotonous指没有变化、重复单调的。
tedious侧重指文章、演讲、演出等冗长乏味或环境等单调、沉闷,缺乏活力,使感到不舒服。
dreary侧重无趣味的,不活泼的事或思想状态。
以上来源于网络
古英语 dreorig “悲伤的,悲哀的”,最初的意思是“残忍的,血腥的,染血的”,来自 dreor “血腥,血液”,源自 (ge)dreosan(过去分词 droren)“下降,衰落,失败”,用于雨、雪、露水、水果和被杀的人,源自原始日耳曼语 *dreuzas(源头还包括古诺尔斯语 dreyrigr “血腥的,血淋淋的”,以及更遥远的古撒克逊语 drorag,中古高地德语 troric “血腥的”; 德语 traurig “悲伤的,悲哀的”),源自 PIE 词根 *dhreu- “下降,流动,滴下,垂下”(参见 drip(v.))。
这个词已经失去了最初的意义和“滴血”的概念。 “孤独的沮丧,阴暗的”一词最早见于1667年的《失乐园》,但古英语有一个相关的动词 drysmian “变得阴暗”。 “令人感到厌倦,单调乏味”的含义在1871年出现。 相关: Drearily。
Middle English drery, from Old English drēorig sad, bloody, from drēor gore; akin to Old High German trūrēn to be sad, Goth driusan to fall
The first known use of dreary was before the 12th century
drearyadjective
having nothing that provides cheer, comfort, or interest
1 Ophie could not imagine such a vibrant spirit wanting to remain in such a dreary old house otherwise.
2 The snow melted around the school as February arrived, to be replaced by cold, dreary wetness.
3 “Yes, last time. When we had to go and see that dreary man with the Bibles.”
4 “But there are many kinds of trees ... We must save our birds, too. Can anyone imagine anything so cheerless and dreary as a springtime without a robin’s song?”
5 The bright color is also like a fresh ray of sunshine after dreary winter dressing.
6 On dreary summer evenings, Roz and Brightbill would curl up together, just the two of them, and listen to the rain pattering on the roof of the Nest.
7 “Consider: Is it Coach Reed or you who is sitting in this somewhat dreary room that smells of vinegar on a beautiful October afternoon?”
8 New York City was too dreary.
纽约市太单调了。
9 All fall he had been looking forward to winter break, and to spending time with Joyce somewhere other than in the dreary student cafeteria.
10 A man of few words, Mendel was even more concise in his writing: he had distilled nearly a decade’s work into forty-four spectacularly dreary pages.
11 Sundays were dreary days in that wintry season.
12 The Hometown Heroes’ bookmobile ride from Olympia Village to the Lemoncello Library the following morning was as dreary as the weather.
13 When we woke in the morning, the rain had stopped, though the world was still insipid and dreary, and water was dripping from the trees.
14 Under the lifting skirts of the dreary canopy dim light leaked into Mordor like pale morning through the grimed window of a prison.
15 Relentlessly her mind travelled on over the dreary interval.
她丝毫不怜悯自己地继续追忆那段阴郁岁月.
16 She saw dreary wigs, pots of rouge, empty flasks, and an unruly collection of impossible objects scattered everywhere.
17 How dreary it must be for her, working here day after day.
18 Tis dreary, my raven, this time we spend here tapping toes.
海尔达利:真是无趣啊, 我的乌鸦.我们在此浪费时间抖动脚趾头.
19 Barely a mile out into the plain it clustered like some huge nest of insects, with straight dreary streets of huts and long low drab buildings.
20 They couldn't because they were restricted by the dreary realities of electrical circuits and Bakelite moldings.
他们无法这样,因为受到现实中沉闷的电路和塑料造型的限制.
3 悲哀
threnetic sorry sad sore bleak dole 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 doloroso tragic feral weeping mournful rueful lugubrious plangent defunctive ruthful funebrial dirgeful sadly tear affliction desolation dolor tristesse break rue
4 沉闷
close heavy tedious depressing oppressive dismal tiring muggy ponderous stifling draggy dree amort heavily ponderously drearily oppression closeness tedium languor tediousness dreariness dull prose somber threadbare leaden wearisome rueful Saturnine dead-and-alive slow dead boring deadly hollow gloomy stuffy doleful prosy overcloud godforsaken cold soft pudding tame soggy tiresome broody lumpish cheerless triste atrabilious mid-victorian grum doldrums tameness noplaceville driegh low flat brown gray lifeless uninspired sullen wingless grotty lenten dreich unlively groaty weary
5 悲哀的
threnetic sorry sad sore bleak dole woeful sullen lamentable plaintive elegiac funereal lamenting ruth dolorous woebegone triste lachrymose tristful elegiacal doloroso tragic feral weeping mournful rueful lugubrious plangent defunctive ruthful funebrial dirgeful
6 单调
flat boring dull bald drab inanimate monotone humdrum dowdy dead-alive same waste quiet vegetable plain mechanic pedestrian tame blah prose bleak monotonous prosaic stodgy leaden unexciting unglamorous one-note monotonic toneless unrelieved singsong unvaried prosy samey ticky-tacky saltless banausic heavy flatly vegetably wasteland monotony flatness platitude sameness vapidity inanimation creep monotonize mechanize
7 忧虑
concerned nervous anxious troubled fearful uneasy apprehensive pensive concernment care concern trouble anxiety disturbance unease disquiet disquietude distress apprehend fear worry brood take to heart
8 阴沉
tenebrific gray dull moody melancholy gloomy lowering morbid somber dusky sullen dour sunless sulky mirthless clouded doleful sepulchral lowery saturnine tenebrous disconsolate drearisome dourly sombrely duskily dullness cloudiness sullenness bleak dismal sombre grey funereal heavy miserable surly glowering dully dreariness
9 乏味
flat static dull blah sterile prose dreadful watery innocuous tasteless uninteresting prosaic featureless vapid humdrum flavorless unexciting draggy prosy saltless sauceless savorless flatly tastelessly flatness stuffiness wateriness prosiness
11 阴沉的
tenebrific gray dull moody melancholy gloomy lowering morbid somber dusky sullen dour sunless sulky mirthless clouded doleful sepulchral lowery saturnine tenebrous disconsolate drearisome bleak dismal sombre grey funereal heavy miserable surly glowering
12 凄凉
bleak dismal forlorn cheerless desolated drearisome heavily desolate dole howling lonesome pensive god-forsaken black-browed desolation
13 单调乏味的
14 阴郁的
dark miserable dismal sullen morose cheerless dyspeptic saturnine bleak moody gloomy horrid darksome disconsolate driegh blue brown gray cloudy dusk desolate overcast somber austere dusky dour sunless sulky funereal dreich dree defunctive grum subfusc funebrial smileless
16 令人厌烦的
dull weary wearing bothersome irksome hard going heavy going
18 枯燥
dry flat arid uninspired vapidity slow dusty monotonous poky jejune dull pedestrian bald meager corny meagre prosaism aridity insipidity prosaicism
19 沉闷的
close heavy tedious depressing oppressive tiring muggy ponderous stifling draggy dree amort dead flat dull grim dismal monotonous leaden flat-footed cheerless prosy dreich prose somber threadbare wearisome rueful Saturnine dead-and-alive slow boring deadly hollow gloomy stuffy doleful godforsaken muffled grey downbeat toneless spiritless cold soft pudding tame soggy tiresome broody lumpish triste atrabilious mid-victorian grum noplaceville driegh low brown gray lifeless uninspired sullen wingless grotty lenten unlively groaty
20 枯燥无味的
dusty sterile dreich dull stodgy turgid jejune Sandy arid chippy uncreative saltless dryasdust
22 阴郁
driegh blue dark brown gray cloudy dusk desolate overcast somber austere dusky sullen dour morose sunless sulky funereal saturnine dreich dree defunctive grum subfusc funebrial smileless blackly shadow sadden
23 凄凉的
bleak dismal forlorn cheerless desolated drearisome desolate dole howling lonesome pensive god-forsaken black-browed
24 枯燥乏味的
25 悲伤的
unhappy grievous sorrowful mournful plaintive rueful doleful woebegone triste woful tristful wailful dumpish moanful
26 沉寂的
28 乏味的
flat static dull blah sterile prose dreadful watery innocuous tasteless uninteresting prosaic featureless vapid humdrum flavorless unexciting draggy prosy saltless sauceless savorless
29 忧郁的
black dark morbid sombre melancholic downbeat glum joyless funereal saturnine disconsolate die-away blue heavy yellow oppressive melancholy dismal dusky plaintive dumpy hipped black-faced languishing atrabilious vapourish mopish grum adust spleenful dumpish
32 令人沮丧的
down cold depressing downbeat mouldy vexatious bleak melancholy depressive frigid grey grim doomy depressingly black frustrating disappointing dispiriting chilling discouraging dour disheartening soul-destroying
33 忧郁
black dark morbid sombre melancholic downbeat glum joyless funereal saturnine disconsolate darkly melancholy gloom dejection die-away blue heavy yellow oppressive dismal dusky plaintive dumpy hipped black-faced languishing atrabilious vapourish mopish grum adust spleenful dumpish nagrams nerve oppression hump spleen doldrums sullen mope tristesse cafard megrim mulligrubs overcloud hip sober hyp black dog
35 单调的
flat boring dull bald drab inanimate monotone humdrum dowdy dead-alive same waste quiet vegetable plain mechanic pedestrian tame blah prose bleak monotonous prosaic stodgy leaden unexciting unglamorous monotonic toneless unrelieved singsong unvaried prosy samey ticky-tacky saltless banausic heavy