duller
美 [d?l] 
英 [d?l]
- v.減輕；（使）變麻木；使遲鈍；使不活潑；變鈍；緩和；把…弄鈍；使陰暗
- adj.枯燥無味的；沉悶的；無聊的；不明亮的；蕭條的；枯燥的；呆笨的；不鋒利的
- 網(wǎng)絡(luò)晦暗；暗淡；色更黯淡
詞形變化
比較級：duller 最高級：dullest 第三人稱單數(shù)：dulls 現(xiàn)在分詞：dulling 過去式：dulled 反義詞
英漢雙解
乏味boring
1. | 枯燥無味的；沉悶的；無聊的not interesting or exciting |
| Life in a small town could be deadly dull. 小城鎮(zhèn)的生活可能會非常沒意思。 |
| The first half of the game was pretty dull. 上半場比賽打得十分沉悶。 |
| There's never a dull moment when John's around. 只要約翰在就不會有沉悶的時候。 |
光；色彩light/colours
2. | 不明亮的；不鮮明的；無光澤的not bright or shiny |
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| dull, lifeless hair 無光澤、無彈性的頭發(fā) |
| Her eyes were dull. 她目光呆滯。 |
天氣weather
3. | 陰沉的；昏暗的；多云的not bright, with a lot of clouds |
| It was a dull, grey day. 那是一個陰沉昏暗的日子。 |
聲音sounds
4. | 不清晰的；隱約的；低沉的not clear or loud |
| The gates shut behind him with a dull thud. 他走出后，大門砰的一聲悶響關(guān)上了。 |
疼痛pain
5. | 隱隱約約的not very severe, but continuous |
人person
6. | 遲鈍的；愚笨的slow in understanding |
| a dull pupil 腦子遲鈍的小學(xué)生 |
貿(mào)易trade
7. | 蕭條的；不景氣的；呆滯的not busy; slow |
| Don't sell into a dull market. 不要到蕭條的市場去推銷。 |
疼痛pain
1. | [t][i] ~ (sth) 減輕；（使）變麻木to become or be made weaker or less severe |
| The tablets they gave him dulled the pain for a while. 他們給他的藥片暫時緩解了疼痛。 |
人person
2. | [t] ~ sb 使遲鈍；使不活潑to make a person slower or less lively |
| He felt dulled and stupid with sleep. 他睡得迷迷糊糊，昏頭昏腦。 |
色彩；聲音colours/sounds
3. | [i][t] （使）變得無光澤，變模糊，變低沉to become or to make sth less bright, clean or sharp |
| His eyes dulled and he slumped to the ground. 他眼前一黑重重地倒在地上。 |
| The endless rain seemed to dull all sound. 連綿不斷的陰雨似乎使所有的聲音都變得沉悶起來。 |
習(xí)慣用語
(as) dull as ditchwater
索然無味；無聊透頂extremely boring
英漢解釋
adj. | 1. (市場等)呆滯的,蕭條的;(談話等)單調(diào)的,枯燥的,無聊的,沉悶的 |
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英英解釋
例句
He jumped to his feet and clapped his hand on the shoulder of a slumped, pocked version of himself, with a face, astoundingly, even duller.
他跳了起來，用手拍打著一個肩膀，那是另一個消沉、布滿痘痕的他，那張面孔，實在令人驚奇，竟然更為呆滯。
In spite of all this care the Horse's coat grew steadily duller. Its eyes sank in its head and hairs began to fall out of its tail.
盡管有這些照料，馬的皮毛還變得黯然無光了，眼睛也凹了進(jìn)去，尾巴也直掉毛。
True, a duller ex-governor of a Midwestern state would not have had a musical written about him, or appeared in Donald Trump's reality show.
誠然，作為中西部州的前州長要是經(jīng)歷再乏味一些的話，就不會有人為他樹碑立傳，他也就不會出現(xiàn)在唐納德?特朗普的真人秀上了。
It was because of that that I abandoned journalism, and took to so much duller work: tutoring and private secretaryship.
正是為了這個原因，我才離開了新聞界，干起了更枯燥的差事：家庭教師和私人秘書。
Let them go on: Without them the music would be duller, quieter and with less quality.
請讓她們繼續(xù)：這世界若失去她們的音樂將會何等沉悶，安靜甚至劣質(zhì)。
Hypo Real Estate was Germany's largest property lender: it is hard to think of a duller but more profitable dominant position.
HypoRealEstate是德國最大的房貸銀行：這種支配地位枯燥無味、卻利潤豐厚，難找出其右者。
Tom ought to have weeded out the duller articles from his book.
湯姆本該把書中較枯燥的部分刪去。
That said, "Hillary: the Movie" is no duller or more biased than much of what passes for journalism these days.
有人說，比起現(xiàn)在的新聞界，“希拉里：大電影”并不顯得更為無聊或持有偏見。
The color of brass is most close to gold but with a much duller sheen except perhaps immediately after polishing.
黃銅色的最為接近金牌，但有一個更乏味，也許除了立即拋光后的光澤。
Once reshaped, the CDS market will be a bit duller and a lot less lucrative.
一旦CDS市場被重塑，它將變得沉悶無比，而且無利可圖。
Recovery among the students sat opposite the real window was no faster on brighter versus duller days.
坐在窗戶前的同學(xué)在明朗的日子并沒有比陰暗的時候恢復(fù)得快。
Gorgeous life turns dull, and dull life turns duller. I walkthrough the lengthy road only to understand how short itis.
人生由絢爛變?yōu)?/c>平淡，再由平淡趨于愈加平淡，漫漫長路，一團(tuán)體走過，無非是為理解它有多么長久。
Gorgeous life turns dull, and dull life turns duller. I walk through the lengthy road only to understand how short it is.
人生由絢爛變?yōu)?/c>平淡，再由平淡趨于更加平淡，漫漫長路，一個人走過，無非是為了解它有多么短暫。
The British economy is not alone in expecting a duller future.
英國不是唯一被認(rèn)為是有著暗淡未來的國家。
Detailed figures for euro-area GDP, published on November 30th, confirmed a slowing from a stunning second quarter to a much duller third.
11月30日發(fā)布的詳盡的GDP數(shù)據(jù)，證實了歐元區(qū)的經(jīng)濟(jì)在度過激動人心的第二季度之后，第三季度已經(jīng)有所放緩，光芒顯得暗淡許多。
Dali is duller than Lijiang, but as I stroll around its streets, the sound of strange music draws me down a narrow lane.
同麗江相比，大理則是更為單調(diào)。但在我四處溜逛古城街道的時候，不同尋常的的音樂之聲將我吸引到一個狹窄小巷。
Individual three has a duller outermost primary (still white), but is neither long-billed nor - tailed, so Middendorff's.
個體三有較不鮮明的最外側(cè)初級飛羽（仍然是白色），但既不是長喙也不是長尾，所以是北蝗鶯。
After putting on glasses color perception changes, the pink color becomes duller! ! ! Beware!
當(dāng)你戴上眼鏡后，你身上的顏色比例就有了變化，粉色看起來變暗了，所以要十分注意顏色的搭配！
If we did all this, the world of finance would be duller and safer.
如果我們做到所有這些，金融領(lǐng)域將更加枯燥和安全。
Managers often prefer to focus on new products rather than the duller work of business process.
經(jīng)理人員經(jīng)常更樂于關(guān)注新產(chǎn)品而不是商業(yè)運(yùn)營中的乏味工作。
The first conference gave birth to the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. Its successor will be duller and less consequential.
第一次會議創(chuàng)建了世界銀行（WorldBank）和國際貨幣基金組織（IMF），而其續(xù)集將更為無趣，也沒那么重要。
They are far duller folk than their caricatures and the offences they are accused of crumble on closer examination.
他們遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)比他們的漫畫形象無聊得多，而那些針對他們的指控也在進(jìn)一步考察下土崩瓦解。
Short-term interest rates near zero make cash even duller than usual.
短期利率接近于零讓持有現(xiàn)金比通常更沒有意義。
A highly crimped fiber, like wool, has a duller appearance.
高度起皺的纖維，象羊毛，有一次更加愚鈍的出現(xiàn)。
Gorgeous life turns dull, and dull life turns duller.
絢爛的人生會變得淡而無味，再由淡然無味變得更加枯燥。
Because smoking causes the skin to become duller.
吸煙使得皮膚失去光澤，變得黯淡無光。
Duller books do so and the virtue of Family Wars is that it entertains through schadenfreude.
比較沉悶的書就會詳細(xì)論述，而《家族戰(zhàn)爭》的優(yōu)點在于，它通過“幸災(zāi)樂禍”來娛樂讀者。
This week's class was duller than last (week's).
這周的課比上周的更加枯燥無味。
By 1-2 years: Teeth are duller and the back teeth may have some yellowing.
1-2歲，牙齒鈍化，后槽牙或許還有點發(fā)黃
BANKING DOESN'T GET much duller than in Japan.
在銀行業(yè)領(lǐng)域，很少有比日本還遲鈍的。
Poker is getting younger, cleverer, duller and much, much richer
更年輕，更聰明，更沉穩(wěn)，以及更加更加富有
There are many teachers in schools and colleges who seem duller than the dullest of their pupils;
學(xué)校和學(xué)院中的許多教師，他們比最沉悶呆滯的學(xué)生還過之而無不及；
Whether fresher or duller, whether of winter cloud
無論新鮮還是遲鈍的，無論是冬云
The barring of some candidates will make for a duller but safer race
某些候選人的資格被取消，大選不求精彩只為安全
