Adjective:
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
emitting or reflecting very little light;a dull glow
dull silver badly in need of a polish
a dull sky
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
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
tedious days on the train
the tiresome chirping of a cricket
other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome
of color very low in saturation; highly diluted;dull greens and blues
not keenly felt;a dull throbbing
dull pain
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
dumb officials make some really dumb decisions
he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse
worked with the slow students
of business not active or brisk;business is dull or slow
a sluggish market
not having a sharp edge or point;the knife was too dull to be of any use
blunted in responsiveness or sensibility;a dull gaze
so exhausted she was dull to what went on about her
not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft;the dull thud
thudding bullets
darkened with overcast;a dark day
a dull sky
the sky was leaden and thick
Verb:
make dull in appearance;Age had dulled the surface
become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness;the varnished table top dulled with time
deaden a sound or noise, especially by wrappingmake numb or insensitive;The shock numbed her senses
make dull or blunt;Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge
become less interesting or attractivemake less lively or vigorous;Middle age dulled her appetite for travel
adj.形容词
dull, bored, boring这几个词的词意有区别:boring是bore的现在分词转化成的形容词,表示“令人厌烦的”,主语可以是人,也可以是物; bored是bore的过去分词转化成的形容词,表示“感到厌倦的”,主语通常是人; dull指物意为“乏味的,无趣的”,指人意为“愚笨的,迟钝的”。
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。
13世纪进入英语，直接源自古英语的dol，意为呆笨的。
用作形容词 adj.
～+名词dull class迟钝的一班dull colour暗淡的颜色dull glow昏暗的光dull man头脑简单的人dull mind迟钝的头脑dull pupil迟钝的学生～+介词dull in appearance外表呆板dull of hearing听觉不灵dull of understanding理解迟钝
用作形容词adj.as dull as ditch-water极沉闷乏味的 very boring
近义词 boringdrearystupidtediousinactivelifelesstiresomespiritlessuninteresting反义词 brightcleverspiritedimaginativeinteresting
用作形容词adj.
用作定语
～+ n.He is a very dull pupil.他是一个很笨的学生。
All work and no play made Jack a dull boy.只会学习,不会玩,杰克变成了笨小孩。
I'm in dull mood.我觉得闷得慌。
用作表语
S+be+～The weather is dull.天气阴沉。
The knife is dull.那把小刀很钝。
Business is deplorably dull.生意极为不景气。S+be+～+ prep .-phraseThe day was dull with a cloudy sky.天气阴暗多云。
I dare say you are dull at home.我敢说你在家里感到很无聊。S+be+～+that-clauseThe TV play was so dull that I didn't finish it.这部电视剧极其单调,我没看完。
The knife is so dull that it will not cut.刀子太钝了,割不开东西。
用作宾语补足语
S+V+O+～Martin found the hospital routine slightly dull.马丁感到医院的日常工作有点单调乏味。
adj.形容词
dull可用作定语、表语或宾语补足语。
dull的比较级为duller,最高级为dullest。
形容词87%,动词12%,名词1%
用作形容词Jack had all work but no play, making him adullboy.杰克只学不玩,这使得他成为一个呆笨的孩子。
It's impossible to cut a pineapple with such adullknife.用一把这么钝的刀子切菠萝是不可能的。
The mind becomesdullif the body doesn't get on exercise.要是身体得不到锻炼,头脑也会迟钝的。
This book is ratherdull.这本书很枯燥。
The dying fire was throwing out adullred light.将要熄灭的火发出暗红色的光。用作动词The heating was turned up high todullhis audience's senses.暖气温度被调到很高，以至于听众的意识变得迟钝。
She gave me some medicine todullthe pain.她给了我一些可减轻疼痛的药。
The sensory nerves of this old man seem todull.这位老人的感觉神经似乎不太敏锐了。 And pall thee in the dullest smoke of hell.
用最昏暗的地狱中的浓烟罩住你自己。 blog.sina.com.cn
Charles Darwin, father of the Theory of Evolution, was voted the “ dullest boy of the year”.
进化论的创始人查尔斯·达尔文曾被评为“年度最笨男孩”。 ebigear
It is an improbable scandal that features Rupert Murdoch’s humbling at the hands of Parliament as one of its dullest chapters.
鲁伯特•默多克 Rupert Murdoch，通称老默多克在议会面前卑躬屈膝显然不大可能是这一丑闻最无聊的一页。 ecocn
The wife sees a man, when love the most cordial, after marrying the dullest, before the divorce the most hypocritical, divorce hind becomes cordial again.
女人看男人，恋爱时最诚恳，结婚后最无聊，离婚前最虚伪，离婚后又变诚恳。 google-web
THE dullest bits of the many electronic devices people plug into mains sockets in their houses and offices are the power adaptors.
在人们接入家庭和办公室壁插座的众多电子设备中，电力适配器是最不起眼的一个部件。 ecocn
There are many teachers in schools and colleges who seem duller than the dullest of their pupils;
大中小学里的许多教师，似乎比他们最最迟钝的学生还要呆滞； ebigear
Earlier, April30,1930 had been dubbed as the dullest day of the20th century after a BBC Radio announcer at the6.30pm bulletin declared: “There is no news”.
早前，1930年4月30日， BBC电台播音员在下午6点半的新闻快报中宣布：“没有新闻”之后，这一天被称为20世纪最枯燥乏味的一天。 yeeyan
I like this song a lot, but maybe the dullest on the CD.
我很喜欢这首歌，但是这有可能是整张专辑中最无聊的一首歌。 yeeyan
I think, however, that, provided work is not excessive in amount, even the dullest work is to most people less painful than idleness.
然而我认为，只要不过量，对多数人来说即使是最枯燥的工作也比终日无所事事要好些。 ebigear
I think, however, that provided work if not excessive in amount, even the dullest work is to most people less painful than idleness.
当然我认为，如果工作分量不是过重的话，即使是最令大多数人感到无趣的工作也比失业带来的痛苦少。 blog.sina.com.cn
I think: however: th near the provided work is not excessive in numerous: even the dullest work is to most people less painful tha single idleness.
但是，我以为，所给的做事量不很大，对大多半人来说纵然最枯燥的做事也总比无所作作对受。418qj
Like a monk who found God by doing his menial chores with painstaking care, Allen has found meaning in the dullest tasks of our busy lives.
正如僧侣在辛勤地处理日常琐事的过程中发现了神的旨意，艾伦正是从我们日常最单调乏味的生活、工作中发现了人生的真意。 yeeyan
Madeleine had become an English major for the purest and dullest of reasons: because she loved to read.
当初玛德琳之所以选择英文专业，主要是出于最纯洁也是最无趣的原因：因为她喜欢读书。 yeeyan
Moreover, the regeneration criteria on which it is being awarded are vague enough to give even the dullest lawyer grounds for appeal.
此外，授予许可的根据是城市复兴，而复兴的标准相当模糊，就是最木呐的律师也足以找到理由提出建造申请。 topsage
Provided work is not excessive in amount, even the dullest work is, to most people, less painful than idleness.
假如不是过量的话，世界上即使是最枯燥的工作也比无所是事要强。 ielts999
The hottest area of expansion is also, tellingly, the dullest: transaction services.
扩张最热点的领域显然也是最无趣的，这就是交易服务。 ecocn.org
The dullest feel something which they may not always express or describe.
即使那些最迟钝的人也会有所感觉，尽管他们不善表达或描述。 hotdic
Thus began a recent entry on The dullest blog in the world.
这是“世上最无聊博客”网站上最新一篇日志的开头。 ecocn
What they don’t see is a lot of people enjoying an art form, and turning the dullest stretch of their day into a treat.
这些人忽视的是很多人正在欣赏一种艺术，而这种艺术能把每天中最无聊的时间变成一种享受。 ecocn
What is the dullest and bluntest of pains, such that my eyes never close without feeling it there?
什么是最乏味的和最为悲观的痛苦，这样，我的眼睛从来没有关闭它有没有感觉？ zh.lyricgogo.altervista.org
Why level downward to our dullest perception always, and praise that as common sense?
为什么我们时常降低我们的智力到了愚笨的程度，而又去赞美它为常识？ blog.sina.com.cn