dull
adjective/dʌl/
/dʌl/
(comparative duller, superlative dullest)
Idioms - not interesting or exciting
平淡无奇的；枯燥乏味的 - Life in a small town could be deadly dull.
小城镇的生活可能会非常没意思。 - The countryside was flat, dull and uninteresting.
那时的乡村单调乏味，了无生气。 - The first half of the game was pretty dull.
上半场比赛打得十分沉闷。 - There's never a dull moment when John's around.
只要约翰在就不会有沉闷的时候。
Synonyms boringboringdull ▪ tediousThese words all describe a subject, activity, person or place that is not interesting or exciting.boring not interesting; making you feel tired and impatient:- He’s such a boring man!
他那人无趣得很！ - She found her job very boring.
她觉得自己的工作很无聊。
- Life in a small town could be deadly dull.
小城镇的生活可能会非常没意思。
- The journey soon became tedious.
那次旅行不久就变得乏味起来。
- to be boring/dull/tedious for somebody
- boring/dull/tedious subjects/books
- boring/dull/tedious jobs/work/games
- a boring/dull place/man/woman/person
- deadly boring/dull
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsb2- The long lectures made the afternoon dull.
冗长的讲座使整个下午很无聊。 - The movie was long and deadly dull.
这部电影既冗长又枯燥乏味。 - The work gets a bit dull at times.
这工作有时会有点儿乏味。 - He is the author of several dull novels.
他是几部乏味小说的作者。 - We've had a dull start to the season.
我们这个赛季的开局很平淡。 - There's never a dull moment in this job.
这工作从不让人感到乏味。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
- be
- look
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- extremely
- fairly
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- Life in a small town could be deadly dull.
- not bright or shiny
不明亮的；不鲜明的；无光泽的 - a dull grey colour
暗灰色 - dull, lifeless hair
无光泽、无弹性的头发 - Her eyes were dull.
她目光呆滞。 - The fire died down to a dull glow.
火渐渐熄灭，只剩下暗淡的光。
- a dull grey colour
- not bright, with a lot of clouds
阴沉的；昏暗的 - It was a dull, grey day.
那是一个阴沉昏暗的日子。 - The town seemed deserted in the dull afternoon light.
在下午暗淡的光线下这座城镇看上去有些荒凉。
- It was a dull, grey day.
- not clear or loud
不清晰的；隐约的；低沉的 - The gates shut behind him with a dull thud.
他走出后，大门砰的一声闷响关上了。
- The gates shut behind him with a dull thud.
- not very severe, but continuous
隐隐约约的 - a dull ache/pain
隐隐的疼痛
- a dull ache/pain
- slow in understanding
迟钝的；愚笨的 - a dull pupil
脑子迟钝的小学生
- a dull pupil
- (especially North American English) not busy; slow
萧条的；不景气的；呆滞的 - Don't sell into a dull market.
不要到萧条的市场去推销。
- Don't sell into a dull market.
boring
light/colours
weather
sounds
pain
person
trade
Word OriginOld English dol ‘stupid’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dol ‘crazy’ and German toll ‘mad, fantastic, wonderful’.
Idioms
all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy)
- (saying) it is not healthy to spend all your time working; you need to relax too
只工作不玩耍，聪明的孩子也变傻
(as) dull as ditchwater (British English)
(US English (as) dull as dishwater)
- (informal) extremely boring
索然无味；无聊透顶 - I always found history as dull as ditchwater.
我总觉得历史像沟水一样乏味。
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- (as) dead as a/the dodo
- (as) deaf as a post
- (as) dull as ditchwater
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- as flat as a pancake
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- as old as the hills
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- as pretty as a picture
- (as) regular as clockwork
- (as) quick as a flash
- (as) safe as houses
- (as) sound as a bell
- (as) steady as a rock
- (as) thick as two short planks
- (as) tough as old boots
- I always found history as dull as ditchwater.