一、详细释义：


adj.

枯燥无味的；无聊的；令人生厌


例句：

He was tired of the dull and dry life.

枯燥无味的生活使他感到厌烦。


例句：

It is the heavy weather and heat that make me dull.

是这闷热的天气使我兴味索然。


不明亮的，不鲜明的，无光泽的


例句：

His dull eyes brightened again.

他那双失神的眼睛又明亮起来。


例句：

A wan sun came onto his face, making the black skin shine like dull metal.

淡淡的阳光照到他的脸上，使他的黑皮肤象一块没有光泽的金属一样闪亮。


不清晰的，隐约的，低沉的


例句：

A counterfeit will sound dull, while a real coin will have a definite ring to it.

假币听起来声音低沉, 而真币会发出清晰的铃般的响声。


例句：

Through it all, the dull far-off thundering persisted, rolling into her ears in waves of fear.

就在这样胡思乱想时，远处隐约的隆隆炮声仍不断地轰着她耳鼓，激起一阵阵恐惧的气氛。


阴沉的，昏暗的，多云的


例句：

He remembered the day well, a pelting, drenching day when the light indoors was too dull to read by.

他还很清楚地记得那一天，大雨如注，屋子里太黑，无法看书。


例句：

Over the west hung the wasting moon, now dull and greenish-yellow, like tarnished brass

此时，西方的天空挂着一勾残月，它黯然无光，黄中透绿，象是一块蒙了锈的黄铜。


迟钝的，愚笨的


例句：

He was not old, but he was not so dull but that he could feel he soon would be.

他还不算老，但他并不迟钝得意识不到自己很快就会变老。


例句：

Too much bed makes a dull head.

睡得过了分，头脑就愚笨。


萧条的，不景气的，呆滞的


例句：

There is a dull market.

市场萧条。


例句：

It's hard to get a job in the dull economy.

在日前经济不景气的情况下很难找到工作。


（刀等）钝的，不锐的，不锐利的


例句：

The edge of this knife is too dull to cut the bread.

这把刀的刀刃很钝，无法切面包。


例句：

His face was all nicked up with the dull edge of the blade.

他的脸上全是钝刀片割的疤痕。


v.

（疼痛或感情）减轻，（使）变麻木


例句：

She took drugs to dull the pain.

她吃了药以减轻疼痛.


例句：

She gave me some medicine to dull the pain.

她给了我一些可减轻疼痛的药。


使迟钝，使不活泼


例句：

His eyes and ears dulled by age.

他的耳目因年老而变得不灵了。


例句：

His senses dulled as the drug swept through his body.

当毒素传遍他全身时，他的感觉变得麻木了。


（使）变得无光泽，变模糊，变低沉


例句：

The colour of the red flag has been dulled by age.

那面红旗因年深日久而褪色了。


二、词义辨析：


dull,tedious,monotonous,dreary

这些形容词均表示“单调的、乏味的、厌烦的”之意。 dull指缺乏鲜明、吸引力或情趣而显得乏味、沉闷。 tedious侧重指文章、演讲、演出等冗长乏味或环境等单调、沉闷，缺乏活力，使感到不舒服。 monotonous指没有变化、重复单调的。 dreary侧重无趣味的，不活泼的事或思想状态。


三、参考例句：


A dull face invited a dull fate.

既有一张毫无光彩的脸，就只配过毫无光彩的生活。


Cannel coal is dull black.

烛煤呈暗黑色。


This article is awfully dull.

这篇文章[乏味]极了。


There is a dull market.

市场萧条。


His dull eyes brightened again.

他那双失神的眼睛又明亮起来。


His eyes looked dull, almost vacuous.

他看上去目光呆滞，茫然若失。


His stepfather was dull and weak.

她的继父愚蠢而且懦弱。


The lecture was as dull as ditchwater.

那次讲座非常呆板乏味。


The stamp was a dull blue colour.

邮票是晦暗的深蓝色。


The audience was dull and very provincial.

观众既呆板又非常守旧。