Word · Frequency #11551
dreary
沉闷的;单调乏味的
核心释义
多形容天气、环境或生活单调乏味,令人不快。
dull, bleak, and lacking interest or charm
- 1.
沉闷的;阴暗、无色或令人沮丧的。
Drab; dark, colorless, or cheerless.
- 2.
缺乏活力、魅力或惊喜
lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise
- 3.
令人沮丧的
causing dejection
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
用法In use
The long, dreary meeting made everyone want to leave early.
用法提示:dreary 作形容词,意为“沉闷的”,修饰 meeting,描述会议缺乏生气。
She looked out at the dreary gray sky and decided to stay home.
用法提示:dreary 作形容词,意为“阴沉的”,修饰 sky,描述天气令人压抑。
After weeks of dreary routine, he finally planned a trip to the coast.
用法提示:dreary 作形容词,意为“单调乏味的”,修饰 routine,形容日常生活的沉闷。
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
相关词与表达Connections
搭配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
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
dreary 里藏着'ear',但耳朵都耷拉下来,因为太沉闷无趣。
语境与语域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。
发音与拼写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.
用法优先级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。
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