中英互译
dreary
英 /ˈdrɪəri/美 /ˈdrɪri/
基本释义
- adj.沉闷的，令人沮丧的
比较级drearier或more dreary
最高级dreariest或most dreary
GRE
词语例句
沉闷的，令人沮丧的adj.
The house looked grim and dreary in the rain.
这房子在雨中显得阴郁凄凉。
- His old dreams had been so pleasant; but this reality was so dreary!他的旧梦是如此美好；但现实是如此的枯燥！
- Sunshine had come again into the blind woman's life, and made her days less dark and dreary.阳光又回到了失明的奶奶的生活中，使她的日子不那么黑暗和沉闷了。
- The house looked grim and dreary in the rain.这房子在雨中显得阴郁凄凉。来自《牛津词典》
网络短语
- Dark and dreary夜长梦多；阴沉萧索
- Dreary Lane Theatre沉闷小径剧团；烦闷小径剧团
- DrEaRy-离人过客
- so sad and dreary如此伤心和悲凉；如此悲凉；所以很悲凉
- Dreary Autumn沉闷的秋天；阴郁的秋天
词语扩展
- dull/monotonous/tedious/dreary
- dull指缺乏鲜明、吸引力或情趣而显得乏味、沉闷。
- monotonous指没有变化、重复单调的。
- 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。
- dreary侧重无趣味的，不活泼的事或思想状态。
词义分布
沉闷的
86.2%
枯燥的
9.2%
沉寂的
4.6%
英英释义
- adj.causing dejection
- adj.lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise
词源
- dreary沉闷的来自PIE*dhreu, 滴，掉落，词源同drip, drop. 原义为滴血的，引申义沉闷的，阴深的。
- drearyFrom Middle English drery, from Old English drēoriġ (“dreary, sad, sorrowful, mournful, pensive, causing grief, cruel, horrid, grievous, bloody, blood-stained, gory, glorious”), from Proto-Germanic *dreuzagaz (“bloody”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreus- (“to break, break off, crumble”). Cognate with Dutch treurig (“sad, gloomy”), Low German trurig (“sad”), German traurig (“sad, sorrowful, mournful”), Old Norse dreyrigr (“bloody”). Related to Old English drēor (“blood, falling blood”), Old English drysmian (“to become gloomy”).