基本释义
- adj.
- 枯燥无味的; 晦暗的; 多云的; （声音）不清晰的; (感觉)不明显的; （迟）钝的; 不景气的
- v.
- 变迟钝; 变暗淡; 变麻木
实用例句
Life in a small town could be deadly dull.
小城镇的生活可能会非常没意思。
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The first half of the game was pretty dull.
上半场比赛打得十分沉闷。
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There's never a dull moment when John's around.
只要约翰在就不会有沉闷的时候。
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a dull grey colour
暗灰色
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dull, lifeless hair
无光泽、无弹性的头发
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Her eyes were dull.
她目光呆滞。
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The gates shut behind him with a dull thud.
他出去后门砰的一声闷响关上了。
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It was a dull, grey day.
那是一个阴沉昏暗的日子。
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a dull ache/pain
隐隐的疼痛
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a dull pupil
脑子迟钝的小学生
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Don't sell into a dull market.
不要到萧条的市场去推销。
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‘I suppose so, ’ she said dully.
“我看是这样。”她木然说道。
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His leg ached dully.
他的腿隐隐作痛。
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The tablets they gave him dulled the pain for a while.
他们给他的药片暂时缓解了疼痛。
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He felt dulled and stupid with sleep.
他睡得迷迷糊糊，昏头昏脑。
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His eyes dulled and he slumped to the ground.
他眼前一黑重重地倒在地上。
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The endless rain seemed to dull all sound.
连绵不断的阴雨似乎使所有的声音都变得沉闷起来。
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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 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。
The stamp was a dull blue colour.
邮票是晦暗的深蓝色。
It's always dull and raining.
天气总是阴雨连绵。
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。
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。
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。
真题例句
The study, which followed more than 2,000 healthy adults between the ages of 18 and 60, found that certain mental functions—including measures of abstract reasoning, mental speed and puzzle-solving—started to dull as early as age 27.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文Omit dull and ineffective generalities and make sure you give concrete examples.
2016年6月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section CAt age five, this dull task brought me such joy.
2015年高考英语陕西卷 完形填空 原文I had advised the kids that while verbs may seem dull, most of the clever things they do throughout their lives will be verbs.
2017年高考英语全国卷2 完形填空 原文I think that living in an area where everyone was just like me would quickly become dull.
2014年高考英语全国卷1 听力 原文Still, I would rather be a bit more careful and live in a large city than to feel safe but dull.
2014年高考英语全国卷1 听力 原文Swimming pools, wine tasting, and pink sunsets at normal evening hours, not 4 in the afternoon filled the weekend, but the best part- particularly to my taste, dulled by months of cold--weather root vegetables--was a 7 a.m. adventure to the Sarasot
2015年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读B 原文The books were long and dull.
2017年高考英语浙江卷（6月） 阅读理解 阅读A 原文They were dull and visually forbidding.
2019年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读C 原文英英释义
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"
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"
同义词辨析
dull, tedious, monotonous, dreary
这些形容词均表示"单调的，乏味的，厌烦的"之意。
- dull： 指缺乏鲜明、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。
foolish, silly, stupid, simple, dull
这些形容词都可表示"愚蠢的，笨的，傻的"之意。
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