dull

　核心辭彙　

英 [dʌl] 　　美 [dʌl] 　　

adj. 獃滯的；鈍的；遲鈍的；無趣的；暗的
v. 變鈍；遲鈍

形容詞: dullish 副詞: dully 比較級: duller 最高級: dullest 名詞: dullness 過去式: dulled 過去分詞: dulled 現在分詞: dulling 第三人稱單數: dulls

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dull的英文翻譯是什麼意思，詞典釋義與在線翻譯：

詳盡釋義

adj. (形容詞)

獃滯的
鈍的，不鋒利的
蕭條的
不鮮明的
無聊的，單調的
無光澤的，晦暗的
昏暗的，陰暗的，陰沉的
模糊的，隱約的
愚鈍的，遲鈍的，呆笨的
令人生厭的
感覺遲鈍的
不快的

v. (動詞)

變鈍，變遲鈍，變得不活潑
（把...）弄鈍
使陰暗，使陰鬱
減少，緩和，減輕
使不活躍，使遲鈍，使不活潑
變低沉
變得無光澤，變陰暗
變模糊
遲鈍

雙解釋義

adj. (形容詞)

不鮮明的,不清楚的 not bright or clear
遲鈍的,呆笨的 slow in understanding; stupid
枯燥無味的,令人厭煩的,單調的 lacking interest or excitement; boring; monotonous
不鋒利 not sharp
感覺不明顯 (of pain) not felt sharply
蕭條的,清淡的 (of trade) not busy; slow

英英釋義

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 wrapping
make numb or insensitive;
"The shock numbed her senses"
make dull or blunt;
"Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge"
become less interesting or attractive
make less lively or vigorous;
"Middle age dulled her appetite for travel"

dull的用法和樣例：

例句

用作形容詞 (adj.)

Jack had all work but no play, making him a dull boy.
傑克只學不玩,這使得他成為一個呆笨的孩子。
It's impossible to cut a pineapple with such a dull knife.
用一把這麼鈍的刀子切菠蘿是不可能的。
The mind becomes dull if the body doesn't get on exercise.
要是身體得不到鍛煉,頭腦也會遲鈍的。
This book is rather dull.
這本書很枯燥。
The dying fire was throwing out a dull red light.
將要熄滅的火發出暗紅色的光。

用作動詞 (v.)

The heating was turned up high to dull his audience's senses.
暖氣溫度被調到很高，以至於聽眾的意識變得遲鈍。
She gave me some medicine to dull the pain.
她給了我一些可減輕疼痛的葯。
The sensory nerves of this old man seem to dull.
這位老人的感覺神經似乎不太敏銳了。