记忆方法
双解例句
小知识
To dull something means to take away its edge, its energy, or its excitement. “Watching that movie will dull your senses, until you fall asleep.”
Let’s think of something interesting about dull. Hmm. It can be a verb or an adjective! So when you’re reading a dull or boring word description, for instance, it can dull or deaden your appetite for reading more word descriptions. That’s pretty fascinating, no? You can even use it for physical things, like a knife, which you can dull, that is, make it less sharp. You can even dull something visual, making it lacking in light, or use it describe pain — you know, the kind that is not sharp, just an ache. Exciting? No — dull.
实用短语
单词用法
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。
同义词辨析
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。
这些形容词都可表示”愚蠢的，笨的，傻的”之意。
同义词
flat / tiresome / monotonous / insipid / dry / tedious / uninteresting / boring
gray / literal / dead / dense / thick / inactive / colorless / cheerless / vivid / bloodless / boring / deadly / dry / discolor / darken / slow / backward / damp / sluggish / simple / dingy / sleepy / keen / black / numb / stupid / arid / stuffy / obtuse / muffle / dreary / languid / muddy / sharp / fishy / white / blunt / glassy / dampen / vegetable / dumb / fade / practical / alleviate / silence / flat / bright / uninteresting / wooden / opaque / dim