dull
dull 英 [dʌl] 美 [dʌl]
adj. 迟钝的，呆滞的； 无光泽的；无趣的； v. 使迟钝；使麻木
进行时:dulling 过去式:dulled 过去分词:dulled 第三人称单数:dulls 名词复数:dulls 比较级:duller 最高级:dullest
- To dull something means to take away its edge, its energy, or its excitement. "Watching that movie will dull your senses, until you fall asleep."
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- adj. 迟钝的，呆滞的； 无光泽的；无趣的；
- v. 使迟钝；使麻木
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1. 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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2. a dull grey colour
暗灰色
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3. dull, lifeless hair
无光泽、无弹性的头发
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4. It was a dull, grey day.
那是一个阴沉昏暗的日子。
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5. a dull ache, a dull pain
隐隐的疼痛
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6. Don't sell into a dull market.
不要到萧条的市场去推销。
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7. 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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8. He felt dulled and stupid with sleep.
他睡得迷迷糊糊，昏头昏脑。
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9. His eyes dulled and he slumped to the ground.
他眼前一黑重重地倒在地上。
- dull (adj.) c. 1200, "stupid;" early 13c., "blunt, not sharp;" rare before mid-14c., apparently from Old English dol "dull-witted, foolish," or an unrecorded parallel word, or from Middle Low German dul "slow-witted," both from Proto-Germanic *dulaz (source also of Old Frisian and Old Saxon dol "foolish," Old High German tol, German toll "mad, wild," Gothic dwals "foolish"), from PIE *dheu- (1) "dust, vapor, smoke" (and related notions of "defective perception or wits"). Of color from early 15c.; of pain or other sensations from 1725. Sense of "boring" first recorded 1580s.
- dull (v.) c. 1200, "to grow weary, tire;" of pointed or edged things from c. 1400; of the senses from 1550s; from dull (adj.). Related: Dulled; dulling.
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