doldrum

[医]赤道无风带

发音

UK /ˈdɒldɹəm/
AU
US /ˈdɑldɹəm/

词形变化

doldrums 复数 doldrums more doldrum 比较级 most doldrum 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A slothful or stupid person.

    废旧 俚语
adj.
  1. 1.

    Boring, uninteresting.

    She quit her doldrum job and left to seek a life of adventure.

词源

The noun is possibly derived from dull or Middle English dold (past participle of dullen, dollen (“to make or become blunt or dull; to make or become dull-witted or stupid; to make or become inactive”), from dul, dol, dolle (“not sharp, blunt, dull; not quick-witted, stupid; lethargic, sluggish”); see further at dull), modelled after tantrum. The adjective is probably derived from the noun.

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