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dull

dull
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adj.

v.

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1. ADJ-GRADED 枯燥无味的;沉闷的;无聊的 If you describe someone or something as dull, you mean they are not interesting or exciting. 

  • They are both nice people but can be rather dull...

    他俩都是好人但非常沉闷。

  • I felt she found me boring and dull...

    我觉得她认为我既无趣又沉闷。

  • The documentary lasts for more than two-and-a-half hours, and there is scarcely a dull minute.

    该纪录片片长超过两个半小时,却鲜有沉闷之处。

dullness

  • They enjoy anything that breaks the dullness of their routine life.

    只要能打破他们日常刻板、沉闷的生活，任何事情他们都喜欢。

2. ADJ-GRADED 没精打采的;无生气的 Someone or something that is dull is not very lively or energetic. 

  • The body's natural rhythms mean we all feel dull and sleepy between 1 and 3pm.

    人体生物钟会让我们在下午 1 点到 3 点之间感觉没精打采、昏昏欲睡。

dully

  • His eyes looked dully ahead.

    他目光呆滞地看着前方。

dullness

  • Did you notice any unusual depression or dullness of mind?

    你有没有觉察到抑郁、反应迟钝等反常现象？

3. ADJ-GRADED (颜色或光)不明亮的,晦暗的 A dull colour or light is not bright. 

  • The stamp was a dull blue colour.

    邮票是晦暗的深蓝色。

dully

  • The street lamps gleamed dully through the night's mist.

    街灯透过夜晚的薄雾隐约泛出亮光。

4. ADJ-GRADED 阴沉的;昏暗的;多云的 You say the weather is dull when it is very cloudy. 

  • It's always dull and raining.

    天气总是阴雨连绵。

5. ADJ-GRADED （声音）不清晰的，隐约的，低沉的 Dull sounds are not very clear or loud. 

  • The long whining whistle of a shell was followed by the dull boom of the explosion...

    在炮弹长长的哀鸣声呼啸而过之后是隆隆而低沉的爆炸声。

  • The coffin closed with a dull thud.

    棺材合上时发出一声闷响。

dully

  • He heard his heart thump dully but more quickly.

    他听见低沉的心跳声，跳动的速度却更快了。

6. ADJ-GRADED (感觉)不明显的，不强烈的，隐约的 Dull feelings are weak and not intense. 

  • The pain, usually a dull ache, gets worse with exercise...

    通常不明显的疼痛在运动后会加剧。

  • I realized with a kind of dull shock that I didn't recognize a single name.

    我暗自一惊，发现一个名字都不认识。

dully

  • His arm throbbed dully.

    他的胳膊隐约在抽动。

7. ADJ-GRADED 钝的;不锋利的 If a knife or blade is dull, it is not sharp. 
8. V-ERG (使)不强烈;(使)变得无光泽;(使)无生气 If something dulls or if it is dulled, it becomes less intense, bright, or lively. 

  • Her eyes dulled and she gazed blankly...

    她眼神暗淡，呆呆地凝视着。

  • He can dull your senses with facts and figures...

    他会用事实和数据蒙蔽你的理智。

  • Share prices and trading have been dulled by worries over the war.

    股票价格和交易因人们对战争的忧虑而走低。

Verb

1. make dull in appearance;

  • "Age had dulled the surface"

2. become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness;

  • "the varnished table top dulled with time"

3. deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

4. make numb or insensitive;

  • "The shock numbed her senses"

5. make dull or blunt;

  • "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge"

6. become less interesting or attractive

7. make less lively or vigorous;

  • "Middle age dulled her appetite for travel"
Adjective

1. lacking in liveliness or animation;

  • "he was so dull at parties"
  • "a dull political campaign"
  • "a large dull impassive man"
  • "dull days with nothing to do"
  • "how dull and dreary the world is"
  • "fell back into one of her dull moods"

2. emitting or reflecting very little light;

  • "a dull glow"
  • "dull silver badly in need of a polish"
  • "a dull sky"

3. being or made softer or less loud or clear;

  • "the dull boom of distant breaking waves"
  • "muffled drums"
  • "the muffled noises of the street"
  • "muted trumpets"

4. so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness;

  • "a boring evening with uninteresting people"
  • "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"
  • "a dull play"
  • "his competent but dull performance"
  • "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"
  • "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke
  • "tedious days on the train"
  • "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain
  • "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome"

5. (of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted;

  • "dull greens and blues"

6. not keenly felt;

  • "a dull throbbing"
  • "dull pain"

7. slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity;

  • "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"
  • "never met anyone quite so dim"
  • "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray
  • "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"
  • "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"
  • "worked with the slow students"

8. (of business) not active or brisk;

  • "business is dull (or slow)"
  • "a sluggish market"

9. not having a sharp edge or point;

  • "the knife was too dull to be of any use"

10. blunted in responsiveness or sensibility;

  • "a dull gaze"
  • "so exhausted she was dull to what went on about her"- Willa Cather

11. not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft;

  • "the dull thud"
  • "thudding bullets"

12. darkened with overcast;

  • "a dark day"
  • "a dull sky"
  • "a gray rainy afternoon"
  • "gray clouds"
  • "the sky was leaden and thick"

医学

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1. The meeting was very dull.; The meeting went on dull and dry.
会议开得冷冷清清。

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2. A dull book lacks interest.
枯燥的书味同嚼蜡。

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3. After a dull start, it should brighten up later.
早晨阴天，过会儿就会晴朗。

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4. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
[谚]只学习，不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。

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5. Business is deplorably dull.
生意极为不景气。

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6. Dancing is a dull business,I've never learned to enjoy it.
跳舞这玩意儿无聊得很，我就不喜欢。

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7. He had grown staid and dull.
他变得既古板又无趣。

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8. His accident with the microphone brought some welcome comic relief to a very dull party.
他撞上了麦克风，这给极沉闷的聚会带来了些欢乐。

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9. His job consists of dull, repetitive work.
他干的是些单调重复的工作。

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10. His parents were dull and inarticulate.
他的父母亲头脑愚钝又不善说话。

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11. His words provided some comic relief in what was really a dull speech.
他的话给极沉闷的讲话增添了几分轻松的气氛。

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12. I dare say you're dull at home.
我敢说你在家里感到沉闷无聊。

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13. I feel a dull ache in the shoulder.
我的肩膀感到隐约疼痛。

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14. I found it dull to split hairs over the privacy of a person who counted on one's card.
我觉得对一个指望一举成名的人的隐私评头论足索然无味。

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15. Perhaps his nerve is naturally too dull to admit of any excitation.
大概他的神经天生就很迟钝以至不容有任何刺激的余地。

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16. Robots can relieve people of dull and repetitive work.
单调重复的工作，机器人可以代劳。

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17. She found the hospital routine slightly dull.
她感到医院的工作有点枯燥乏味。

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18. Some drugs dull pain.
有些药能止痛。

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19. The book I've been reading is as dull as ditchwater, it has no story or any interest at all.
我读的这本书乏味得很，根本没有情节，一点意思也没有。

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20. The boy is a dolt, but we'll hammer these facts into his dull wits.
这个小男孩是个笨蛋，但我们要强行把这些事灌输进他那迟纯的头脑。

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