dull

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a. 钝的, 无趣的, 呆滞的, 阴暗的 vt. 使迟钝, 使阴暗, 缓和 vi. 变迟钝, 减少

发音

US /dʌl/
UK /dʌl/
其它 /dʊl/

词形变化

dulled dulleth dulling dulls 三单 dulls dulling 现在分词 dulled 过去式 dulled 过去分词 duller 比较级 duller dullest dullest 最高级

别名

dul dulle

教材释义与例句

动词

使迟钝；使阴暗；缓和

to make something become less sharp or clear

动词

减少；变迟钝

形容词

钝的；迟钝的；无趣的；呆滞的；阴暗的

not interesting or exciting

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To render dull; to remove or blunt an edge or something that was sharp.

    及物

    Years of misuse have dulled the tools.

  2. 2.

    To soften, moderate or blunt; to make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy.

    软化

    及物

    He drinks to dull the pain.

  3. 3.

    To lose a sharp edge; to become dull.

    钝化

    不及物

    A razor will dull with use.

  4. 4.

    To render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish.

adj. B2 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    Lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp.

    钝

    All these knives are dull.

  2. 2.

    Boring; not exciting or interesting.

    无聊

    枯燥

    He sat through the dull lecture and barely stayed awake.

  3. 3.

    Not shiny; having a matte finish or no particular luster or brightness.

    暗淡

    Choose a dull finish to hide fingerprints.

    a dull fire or lamp; a dull red or yellow; a dull mirror

  4. 4.

    Not bright or intelligent; stupid; having slow understanding.

    蠢

  5. 5.

    Sluggish, listless.

  6. 6.

    Bored, depressed, down.

    I felt dull all day.

  7. 7.

    Cloudy, overcast.

    阴沉

    It's a dull day.

  8. 8.

    Insensible; unfeeling.

  9. 9.

    Heavy; lifeless; inert.

  10. 10.

    Not intense; felt indistinctly or only slightly.

    Pressing on the bruise produces a dull pain.

  11. 11.

    Not clear, muffled. (of a noise or sound)

    沉闷

词汇关系

动词

同义词 9

blunt mute numb damp pall dampen muffle tone down benumb

反义词 1

sharpen

上位词 7

change alter soften weaken modify desensitise desensitize

下位词 1

cloud
形容词

同义词 10

slow dumb boring muffled dense dim tedious tiresome muted sluggish

反义词 3

bright sharp lively

近义相关 10

stupid heavy flat soft matt blunt mat insensitive cloudy dreary

参见 5

colorless colourless spiritless unanimated unpolished

相关短语

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词源

From Middle English dull, dul (also dyll, dill, dwal), from Old English dol (“dull, foolish, erring, heretical; foolish, silly; presumptuous”), from Proto-West Germanic *dol, from Proto-Germanic *dulaz, from earlier *dwulaz, a variant of *dwalaz (“stunned, mad, foolish, misled”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwel-, *dʰewel- (“to dim, dull, cloud, make obscure, swirl, whirl”). Cognate with Scots dull, doll (“slow to understand or hear, deaf, dull”), North Frisian dol (“rash, unthinking, giddy, flippant”), Dutch dol (“crazy, mad, insane”), Low German dul, dol (“mad, silly, stupid, fatuous”), German toll (“crazy, mad, wild, fantastic”), Danish dval (“foolish, absurd”), Icelandic dulur (“secretive, silent”), West-Flemish dul (angry, furious).

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