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drea·ry 英ˈdrɪəriː美ˈdrɪriAHDdrîrʹē ★☆☆☆☆高四ＧＩＴ宝八COCA¹⁹⁷⁵⁵BNC¹⁵³⁶⁹iWeb¹⁷⁹¹⁴Economist¹²⁵¹²
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adj.沉闷的⁸⁵;令人沮丧的¹¹;情绪低落的⁴副词drearily比较级drearier最高级dreariest名词dreariness
乏味无聊寂寞
adj.形容词
使人闷闷不乐或沮丧的；阴沉的，忧郁的that makes one sad or depressed;dismal;gloomy 令人厌烦的；单调的；枯燥的boring;dull
Adjective:
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 causing dejection;a blue day the dark days of the war a week of rainy depressing weather a disconsolate winter landscape the first dismal dispiriting days of November a dark gloomy day grim rainy weather dull，tedious，monotonous，dreary这些形容词均表示“单调的、乏味的、厌烦的”之意。 dull指缺乏新鲜、吸引力或情趣而显得乏味、沉闷。 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。 monotonous指没有变化、重复单调的。 dreary侧重无趣味的，不活泼的事或思想状态。 来自PIE*dhreu, 滴，掉落，词源同drip, drop. 原义为滴血的，引申义沉闷的，阴深的。钱博士drear血+y形容词后缀→滴血的，血淋淋的→悲痛的心在滴血的→令人心情沉重的⇒沉闷的，阴郁的，令人沮丧的
词源解释来自英国人本族语属于日耳曼语，本意是“血淋淋的”，引申为“悲痛的”。英国诗人弥尔顿在其名著《失乐园》中首次用单词dreary来形容“沉闷的，阴郁的，令人沮丧的”，使得这一用法广泛流传，变成了这个单词的主流含义。GRE红宝书a dream is not dreary
dear 亲爱的，你不在我身边我感到很dreary，dream + tear 只能作梦流眼泪来梦到你
可以和dream一起记A dream is not drearydrear血+y形容词后缀→滴血的，血淋淋的→悲痛的心在滴血的→令人心情沉重的⇒沉闷的，阴郁的，令人沮丧的。可以和dream一起记，A dream is not dreary.梦想不会乏味。近义词 dead死的black黑的dull呆滞的dark黑暗的grey灰色的grim严厉的blue蓝色的bleak萧瑟的drear阴沉的dingy肮脏的dismal阴沉的gloomy阴暗的somber微暗的solemn庄严的drab土褐色的doleful悲哀的sorry对不起的desolate荒凉的cheerless沉闷的colorless无色的routine例行公事miserable痛苦的monotonous单调的boring令人厌烦的lifeless无生命的tedious单调乏味的funereal适合葬礼的disconsolate忧郁的depressing令人沮丧的discouraging令人气馁的disheartening使人沮丧的unexciting不令人兴奋的…
用作形容词adj.
用作定语
～+ n.Addressing envelopes all the time is dreary work.老是往信封上写地址是件乏味的工作。
It was the dreariest job I had ever done.那是我所做过的最沉闷的工作。
I'm afraid it's been a dreary instead of a sunny autumn.恐怕已是阴郁的秋天，而不是阳光明媚的秋天了。
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用作形容词By day the monotonous hours wore on in the same heavy, hashed manner as on that firstdrearyafternoon.在白天，那沉闷的时刻，就和第一个凄凉的下午一样，忧郁寂寞地度过。
Its yellow ambiguous stripes anddrearysky are homologous, which makes the world harmonious.它背上灰黄斑驳的花纹，跟沉闷的天空遥遥相应，造成和谐的色调。
Hurstwood'sdrearystate made its beauty become more and more vivid.赫斯渥那令人沮丧的处境使得这些情景更加美丽迷人。adj.gloomy, lifeless
同义词 bleak,boring,colorless,damp,depressing,dingy,dismal,drab,dull,forlorn,humdrum,lonely,monotonous,sad,somber,tedious,uneventful,uninteresting,windy,wintry,wretchedblack,blah,cheerless,comfortless,depressive,dispiriting,doleful,downcast,funereal,glum,joyless,lonesome,melancholy,mournful,oppressive,pedestrian,raw,routine,sorrowful,wearisome
反义词 bright,cheerful,colorful,encouraging,eventful,exciting,glad,happy,hopeful,interesting,joyful,light,lively,nice,pleasantclear
aridadjective uninterested, spiritless
boring,colorless,drab,dry,dull,flat,insipid,lackluster,lifeless,tedious,unanimated,uninspired,vapid,wearisome
blackadjective gloomy;dismal
bleak,depressing,depressive,dismal,dispiriting,distressing,doleful,dreary,funereal,gloomy,grim,hopeless,horrible,lugubrious,morose,mournful,ominous,oppressive,sad,somber
blahadjective dull, lifeless
banausic,bland,boring,dreary,humdrum,monotone,monotonous,pedestrian,plodding,yawn producing
bleakadjective depressing
black,cheerless,comfortless,dark,discouraging,disheartening,dismal,drear,dreary,funereal,gloomy,grim,hard,harsh,hopeless,joyless,lonely,melancholy,mournful,oppressive,sad,somber,unpromising
bleakeradjective depressing
black,cheerless,comfortless,dark,discouraging,disheartening,dismal,drear,dreary,funereal,gloomy,grim,hard,harsh,hopeless,joyless,lonely,melancholy,mournful,oppressive,sad,somber,unpromising
bleakestadjective depressing
black,cheerless,comfortless,dark,discouraging,disheartening,dismal,drear,dreary,funereal,gloomy,grim,hard,harsh,hopeless,joyless,lonely,melancholy,mournful,oppressive,sad,somber,unpromising Younger kids will love the repetition of the verses in this tale of a pout-pout fish who spreads his“ dreary- wearies” and is an absolute buzz-kill wherever he swims.
小孩子会喜欢这个撅嘴鱼童话里那些不断重复的儿歌的。这条鱼到处散布它的“沉闷的厌倦”，不管游到哪里它都是绝对的扫兴者。 yeeyan |