dulls

dulls读音音标

[dʌlz]

dulls意思解释

v.

使变钝( dull的第三人称单数 )；

使（兴趣、痛苦等）减少；

使麻木；

使晦暗

双语释义

adj.(形容词)

不鲜明的,不清楚的 not bright or clear迟钝的,呆笨的 slow in understanding; stupid枯燥无味的,令人厌烦的,单调的 lacking interest or excitement; boring; monotonous不锋利 not sharp感觉不明显 (of pain) not felt sharply萧条的,清淡的 (of trade) not busy; slow

英英释义

dull

[ dʌl ]

v.

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 wrapping

同义词：mufflemutedampdampentone down

make numb or insensitive

同义词：numbbenumbblunt

make dull or blunt

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

同义词：blunt

become less interesting or attractive

同义词：pall

make less lively or vigorous

\"Middle age dulled her appetite for travel\"

adj.

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\"

同义词：muffledmutedsoftened

so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness

\"a dull play\"; \"his competent but dull performance\"

同义词：boringdeadeningho-humirksomeslowtedioustiresomewearisome

(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

\"although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick\"

同义词：densedimdumbobtuseslow

(of business) not active or brisk

\"business is dull (or slow)\"

同义词：slowsluggish

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\"

同义词：thudding

darkened with overcast

\"a dull sky\"

同义词：greygrayleaden

词汇搭配

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

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)Jack had all work but no play, making him a dull boy.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 a dull knife.用一把这么钝的刀子切菠萝是不可能的。The mind becomes dull if 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 rather dull.这本书很枯燥。The dying fire was throwing out a dull red light.将要熄灭的火发出暗红色的光。用作动词(v.)The heating was turned up high to dull his 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 to dull the pain.她给了我一些可减轻疼痛的药。The sensory nerves of this old man seem to dull.这位老人的感觉神经似乎不太敏锐了。