dulled

英 [dʌld]

美 [dʌld]

v.  减轻; (使)变麻木; 使迟钝; 使不活泼; (使)变得无光泽，变模糊，变低沉
dull的过去分词和过去式

过去式：dulled　

BNC.40751 / COCA.36707

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 枯燥无味的;沉闷的;无聊的
  If you describe someone or something asdull, you mean they are not interesting or exciting.
  1. They are both nice people but can be rather dull...
     他俩都是好人但非常沉闷。
  2. I felt she found me boring and dull...
     我觉得她认为我既无趣又沉闷。
  3. The documentary lasts for more than two-and-a-half hours, and there is scarcely a dull minute.
     该纪录片片长超过两个半小时,却鲜有沉闷之处。
• ADJ-GRADED 没精打采的;无生气的
  Someone or something that isdullis not very lively or energetic.
  1. The body's natural rhythms mean we all feel dull and sleepy between 1 and 3pm.
     人体生物钟会让我们在下午 1 点到 3 点之间感觉没精打采、昏昏欲睡。
• ADJ-GRADED (颜色或光)不明亮的,晦暗的
  Adullcolour or light is not bright.
  1. The stamp was a dull blue colour.
     邮票是晦暗的深蓝色。
• ADJ-GRADED 阴沉的;昏暗的;多云的
  You say the weather isdullwhen it is very cloudy.
  1. It's always dull and raining.
     天气总是阴雨连绵。
• ADJ-GRADED （声音）不清晰的，隐约的，低沉的
  Dullsounds are not very clear or loud.
  1. The long whining whistle of a shell was followed by the dull boom of the explosion...
     在炮弹长长的哀鸣声呼啸而过之后是隆隆而低沉的爆炸声。
  2. The coffin closed with a dull thud.
     棺材合上时发出一声闷响。
• ADJ-GRADED (感觉)不明显的，不强烈的，隐约的
  Dullfeelings are weak and not intense.
  1. The pain, usually a dull ache, gets worse with exercise...
     通常不明显的疼痛在运动后会加剧。
  2. I realized with a kind of dull shock that I didn't recognize a single name.
     我暗自一惊，发现一个名字都不认识。
• 钝的;不锋利的
  If a knife or blade isdull, it is not sharp.
• V-ERG (使)不强烈;(使)变得无光泽;(使)无生气
  If somethingdullsor if itis dulled, it becomes less intense, bright, or lively.
  1. Her eyes dulled and she gazed blankly...
     她眼神暗淡，呆呆地凝视着。
  2. He can dull your senses with facts and figures...
     他会用事实和数据蒙蔽你的理智。
  3. Share prices and trading have been dulled by worries over the war.
     股票价格和交易因人们对战争的忧虑而走低。

英英释义

adj

• deprived of color
  1. colors dulled by too much sun
  2. greyed with the dust of the road
  Synonym:greyed
• made dull or blunt
  Synonym:blunted
• having lost or been caused to lose interest because of overexposure
  1. the mind of the audience is becoming dulled
  2. the benumbed intellectual faculties can no longer respond
  Synonym:benumbed

双语例句

• Or that my cognitive faculties have been somehow dulled or diminished.
  或者我的认知能力有所衰退甚至消失。
• He had been rather dulled by his recent adversity.
  近来的逆境已经把他变成糊涂。
• Daily he took shelter of the one thing that dulled the pain of his existence: drugs.
  每天他靠一件事来减少他存在的痛苦：吸毒。
• This hard meat has dulled up all the knife blades.
  这种硬邦邦的肉把所有的刀刃都弄钝了。
• We are callous because we have become dull to suffering, we have dulled our minds through escapes.
  我们冷漠是因为我们变得对痛苦迟钝，我们通过逃避使我们的心意变得迟钝。
• Some of the triumph in her heart was dulled by a nagging fear.
  思嘉心中胜利的喜悦立刻被一种无法摆脱的恐惧心理所抵消。
• His hearing was dulled by age.
  他的听觉因上了年纪而变得迟钝了。
• Middle age dulled her appetite for travel.
  中年的年龄使他的对旅行的欲望变得迟钝。
• That growth has drawn in new investors, something analysts say has dulled the threat of panic selling and helped the market ride out bad news.
  这种增长吸引了新的投资者，分析师认为它减轻了恐慌性抛售的威胁，并有助于市场免受坏消息的影响。
• The plates are insensitive to red light. His hearing was dulled by age.
  这些干片均对红光感觉迟钝。他的听觉因上了年纪而变得迟钝了。