参考词典中dreary的常规释义:
基本释义
- a. 沉闷的
词形变化
- 比较级:drea·ri·er, drea·ri·est名 词:drea'ri·ness副 词:drea'ri·ly
参考例句
- Addressing envelopes all the time is dreary work.
成天给信封写地址是一种沉闷单调的工作。
- Addressing envelopes all the time is dreary work.
英英解释
2个形容词解释
- causing dejection
[同] dark, depressing, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, dispiriting, drab, drear, dreary, gloomy, grim, blue, sorry
[例]- a blue day
- the dark days of the war
- a week of rainy depressing weather
- a disconsolate winter landscape
- the first dismal dispiriting days of November
- a dark gloomy day
- grim rainy weather
- lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise
[同] drab, dreary
[例]- her drab personality
- life was drab compared with the more exciting life style overseas
- a series of dreary dinner parties
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