dull
参见:Dull
英语
编辑其他形式
编辑词源
编辑源自中古英语 dull、dul(亦作dyll、dill、dwal),源自古英语 dol (“乏味的,愚蠢的,错误的,谬误的,自以为是的”),源自原始西日耳曼语 *dol,源自原始日耳曼语 *dulaz,源自早期形式*dwulaz,*dwalaz (“震惊的,疯狂的,愚蠢的,被误导的”)的一个变体,源自原始印欧语 *dʰwel-、*dʰewel- (“使...暗淡,遮蔽,隐晦”)。
同源词包括低地苏格兰语 dull、doll (“迟钝的,聋的”)、北弗里斯兰语 dol (“鲁莽的,草率的,晕眩的,轻率的”)、荷兰语 dol (“疯狂的,失智的”)、低地德语 dul、dol (“疯狂的,愚蠢的,愚昧的”)、德语 toll (“疯狂的,鲁莽的,荒诞的”)、丹麦语 dval (“荒唐的,愚蠢的”)、冰岛语 dulur (“遮掩的,守口如瓶的”),西弗拉芒方言 dul (“生气的”)。
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编辑形容词
编辑- 钝的
- All these knives are dull.
- 这些刀都钝了。
- 无聊的,乏味的,无趣的,沉闷的
- He sat through the dull lecture and barely stayed awake.
- 他撑过了那个无聊的讲座,都快睡着了。
- 1895, S. R. Crockett, A Cry Across the Black Water:
- "You are very dull this morning, Sheriff," said the youngest daughter of the house, who, being the baby and pretty, had grown pettishly privileged in speech.
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- 不光滑的,不光亮的,暗淡的
- Choose a dull finish to hide fingerprints.
- 选没光泽的末道漆可以防止留指纹。
- a dull fire or lamp; a dull red or yellow; a dull mirror
- 微弱的火光或灯;暗红,暗黄;反射不好的镜子
- 1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, 章号 I, 出自 The Lodger, London: Methuen, →OCLC; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co., […], [1933], →OCLC,第 0016 页:
- A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; as, again, the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire.
- 愚笨的,迟钝的
- Template:RQ:Shakespeare Merchant of Venice
- 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, 章号 5, 出自 Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], 出版于 1848, →OCLC:
- dull at classical learning
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- 1963, Margery Allingham, 章号 15, 出自 The China Governess[1]:
- She paused and took a defiant breath. ‘If you don't believe me, I can't help it. But I'm not a liar.’ ¶ ‘No,’ said Luke, grinning at her. ‘You're not dull enough! […] What about the kid's clothes? I don't suppose they were anything to write home about, but didn't you keep anything? A bootee or a bit of embroidery or anything at all?’
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- 无精打采的,拖拖拉拉的,慢吞吞的,懒散的
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 13:xiii:
- This people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing.
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- 1590, 埃德蒙·斯宾塞, “(please specify the book)”, 出自 仙后(The Faerie Qveene . […]), London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- O, help my weak wit and sharpen my dull tongue.
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- Template:RQ:Maxwell Mirror and the Lamp
- 多云的
- It's a dull day.
- 今天多云。
- 麻木的
- 死气沉沉的,沉重的,笨重的
- Template:RQ:Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona
- c. 1857', Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Table-Talk
- As turning the logs will make a dull fire burn, so changes of study a dull brain.
- (指疼痛等) 不尖锐的,钝的
- Pressing on the bruise produces a dull pain.
- 按一下挫伤处会有一阵钝痛。
- (指声响等) 模糊的,被压抑的
近义词
编辑- 见Thesaurus:boring
- 见Thesaurus:stupid
- (不发光): lackluster、matte
反义词
编辑衍生词汇
编辑动词
编辑dull (第三人称单数简单现在时 dulls,现在分词 dulling,一般过去时及过去分词 dulled)
- (及物) 使...变钝
- Years of misuse have dulled the tools.
- 常年的错误使用让工具变钝了。
- (及物) 使...变弱,缓解;使...变迟钝,使...变愚蠢
- He drinks to dull the pain.
- 他喝酒来缓解伤痛。
- Template:RQ:Shakespeare Cymbeline
- 1850, Richard Chenevix Trench, Notes on the Miracles of Our Lord:
- Use and custom have so dulled our eyes.
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- (不及物) 变钝
- A razor will dull with use.
- 剃刀用久了会变钝。
- 使...黯淡,使...模糊
近义词
编辑参考资料
编辑- “dull”,Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary,Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913年,OCLC 800618302
- “dull”,The Century Dictionary […],New York, N.Y.:The Century Co.,1911,OCLC 867766587
异序词
编辑加泰罗尼亚语
编辑其他形式
编辑词源
编辑继承自古加泰罗尼亚语 duyll,源自晚期拉丁语 ducīculus,拉丁语 ducem (“向导”)的指小词。
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编辑名词
编辑dull m (复数 dulls)
参考资料
编辑- “dull” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
延伸阅读
编辑- 参见“dull” 在 Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició(加泰罗尼亚语词典,第二版), Institut d’Estudis Catalans中的解释。
威尔士语
编辑词源
编辑最终源自原始印欧语 *deyḱ- (“展示,指出”)。[1]
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编辑名词
编辑dull m (复数 dulliau)
辅音变化
编辑参考资料
编辑- ↑ 1913, John Morris Jones, A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 95 ii 2
延伸阅读
编辑- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present年), “dull”,Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (Welsh),University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies