drear + noun
drear 是 dreary 的文学或诗歌变体。
The drear landscape stretched for miles.
阴沉的景色绵延数英里。
阴郁的;令人沮丧的;凄凉的
引起沮丧的;(=dreary) adj.阴沉的
causing dejection; gloomy; dreary
同 dreary。
引起沮丧的
causing dejection
The sky turned drear and heavy before the storm.
暴风雨前,天空变得阴沉而沉重。
用法提示:drear 在此作形容词,表示“阴沉的”,修饰天空。
She found the empty house drear and unwelcoming.
她觉得这座空房子凄凉而冷漠。
用法提示:drear 作形容词,表示“凄凉的”,描述房子的氛围。
The novel paints a drear picture of life in the mining town.
这部小说描绘了矿业小镇生活的凄凉图景。
用法提示:drear 作形容词,意为“令人沮丧的”,修饰 picture。
drear 是 dreary 的文学或诗歌变体。
The drear landscape stretched for miles.
阴沉的景色绵延数英里。
The sky was drear.
天空阴沉。
The old house looked drear.
那栋老房子看上去很阴沉。
grammar · medium
易错句子I hate the drear of this city.
正确表达I hate the dreariness of this city.
drear是形容词,不能直接作名词;应使用名词形式dreariness表示‘阴郁’。
grammar · medium
易错句子This weather is drearer than yesterday.
正确表达This weather is drearier than yesterday.
drear的比较级形式不常见,形容词dreary的比较级应为drearier;避免使用drearer。
drear 强调阴沉忧郁,dread 强调恐惧害怕
drear 形容天气或情绪阴郁,dear 表示亲爱或价格高昂
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