Word · Frequency #11551
dreariest
沉闷的；单调乏味的
dreariest is the superlative of dreary.
dull, bleak, and lacking interest or charm
多形容天气、环境或生活单调乏味，令人不快。
- 1.
Drab; dark, colorless, or cheerless.
沉闷的；阴暗、无色或令人沮丧的。
- 2.
lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise
缺乏活力、魅力或惊喜
- 3.
causing dejection
令人沮丧的
沉闷的；阴暗、无色或令人沮丧的。；缺乏活力、魅力或惊喜；令人沮丧的；沉闷的
In use
The long, dreary meeting made everyone want to leave early.
She looked out at the dreary gray sky and decided to stay home.
After weeks of dreary routine, he finally planned a trip to the coast.
a series of dreary dinner parties
dreary + noun
常用作定语，修饰名词。
We had a dreary day.
我们度过了沉闷的一天。
be + dreary
用作表语，描述主语的状态。
The landscape was dreary.
景色很沉闷。
It is dreary to + infinitive
用于it作形式主语的句型。
Connections
Collocations
- dreary weather
- 阴沉的天气
- The dreary weather made everyone want to stay indoors.阴沉的天气让每个人都想待在室内。
- dreary day
- 沉闷的一天
- It was another dreary day at the office.在办公室又是沉闷的一天。
- dreary life
- 沉闷的生活
- He felt trapped in a dreary life with no excitement.他觉得自己被困在毫无精彩可言、沉闷的生活中。
- dreary routine
- 单调乏味的日常
- She longed to escape her dreary routine.她渴望摆脱单调乏味的日常。
- dreary landscape
- 阴郁的景色
- The train crossed a dreary landscape of bare fields.火车驶过一片光秃秃田野的阴郁景色。
Pop culture & quotes
Learner notes
Memory Tip
dreary 里藏着'ear'，但耳朵都耷拉下来，因为太沉闷无趣。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：描述天气、描述场所氛围、谈论乏味的生活或日常 dreary 通常用于书面或一般描述，语气中性偏消极，多形容阴沉、单调或令人提不起劲的事物，在日常口语中也会出现，但比 gloomy 更常见于环境或天气的描写。
Pronunciation & Spelling
The words weary, eerie, leery, teary, and beery all rhyme with dreary /ˈdrɪri/, sharing the final /ɪri/ sound. Beware of spelling lookalikes such as 'dreamy' /ˈdriːmi/ and 'dread' /drɛd/, which are pronounced differently.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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