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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。
沉闷的；单调乏味的
dreariest — superlative of dreary
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
沉闷的；单调乏味的
dull, bleak, and lacking interest or charm
We had a dreary day.
我们度过了沉闷的一天。
多形容天气、环境或生活单调乏味，令人不快。
沉闷的；阴暗、无色或令人沮丧的。
Drab; dark, colorless, or cheerless.
缺乏活力、魅力或惊喜
lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise
令人沮丧的
causing dejection
The long, dreary meeting made everyone want to leave early.
漫长而沉闷的会议让每个人都想提前离开。
AI contextual example
She looked out at the dreary gray sky and decided to stay home.
她望着阴沉灰暗的天空，决定待在家里。
AI contextual example
After weeks of dreary routine, he finally planned a trip to the coast.
经过几周单调乏味的生活后，他终于计划了一次去海边的旅行。
AI contextual example
a series of dreary dinner parties
一系列沉闷的晚宴。
WordNet
常用作定语，修饰名词。
We had a dreary day.
我们度过了沉闷的一天。
用作表语，描述主语的状态。
The landscape was dreary.
景色很沉闷。
用于it作形式主语的句型。
It is dreary to live alone.
独居很沉闷。
Not this
The weather is very drear today.
Use this
The weather is very dreary today.
误将“dreary”写成了不存在的“drear”。正确的形容词形式是“dreary”，表示沉闷的。
Not this
I don't like this dreary.
Use this
I don't like this dreary place.
“dreary”是形容词，不能直接用作名词。需在形容词后加上被修饰的名词，如“place”或“weather”。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
沉闷的一天
It was another dreary day at the office.
在办公室又是沉闷的一天。
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。
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。
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。
从前一个阴沉的午夜，我虚弱疲惫地沉思着，
Edgar Allan Poe opens "The Raven" with the famous line "Once upon a midnight dreary".
埃德加·爱伦·坡在《乌鸦》开篇写下了名句“从前一个阴沉的午夜”。
发长 /iː/ 音 (如 sea, tea)
Same pattern, same sound
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dreary 里藏着'ear'，但耳朵都耷拉下来，因为太沉闷无趣。
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。
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.
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