dreary

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++drear·y /ˈdrɪəri $ ˈdrɪri/ (also drear /drɪə $ drɪr/ literary) adjective  BORINGSAD/UNHAPPYdull and making you feel sad or bored 沉闷的；令人沮丧的 the same dreary routine 一成不变的、乏味的日常事务 a dreary winter’s day 沉闷的冬日 —dreariness noun [uncountable]

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dreary• I was living in a dreary apartment in a run-down part of town.• Cooking for one person can be a dreary business, as many elderly people find.• It was all dreary, dreary, just as he had anticipated.• There was George - dull, dreary George - sprawled full-length on the settee, his nose deep in a book as usual.• She might under some circumstances be submissive, like these dreary girls you see padding along in the moccasin tracks of hippies.• It can be the dreary horror of ribbon development.• This room is so dreary. How can we brighten it up?• They kissed her and all had another glass of fizz before Charles started the dreary journey back to Willesden on the Underground.• Laurie gazed out over a dreary landscape of factories and parking lots.• In the dreary new settlements revivalist contests also provided entertainment.• The sight of her filled Liz with a subdued and dreary panic.• dreary weatherOrigin dreary Old English dreorig “bloody, sad”

drear·y adjectiveChineseSyllable  

Corpus sad making and bored you or dull feel

dreary
drear‧y /ˈdrɪəri $ ˈdrɪri/ (also drear /drɪə $ drɪr/ literary) adjectivedull and making you feel sad or bored:
    the same dreary routine
    a dreary winter’s day
—dreariness noun [uncountable]

drearyBrE /ˈdrɪəri/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdrɪri/ 🔊 adjective (drear·ier, dreari·est) that makes you feel sad; dull and not interesting 令人沮丧的；沉闷的；枯燥无味的 SYN dull ◆a dreary winter's day阴沉的冬日◆a dreary film 枯燥无味的影片◆a long and dreary journey on the train火车上漫长而乏味的旅程▸ drear·ily BrE /ˈdrɪərəli/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdrɪrəli/ 🔊 adverb▸ dreari·ness BrE /ˈdrɪərinəs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdrɪrinəs/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]