dreary
英 ['drɪərɪ]美['drɪri]
- adj. 沉闷的，枯燥的
词态变化
比较级: drearier;最高级: dreariest;副词: drearily;名词: dreariness;
助记提示
1、from dreor "blood"; from dreosan (past participle droren) "fall, drop, decline, fail,"; from PIE root *dhreu- "to fall, drop, flow, drip, droop".
2、The word has lost its original sense of "dripping blood.".
3、其它具有同源性的相关词：drizzle, drip, drop, droop, drowsy.
4. 枯 --》就是枯萎，因为干燥才会枯萎，燥 --》本身就是干燥的意思。所以枯燥本身就表示很干、干巴巴的意思，所以：dry + ear => drear => dreary => 听得耳朵都干巴巴的、听起来很“干”。
5. 谐音“赘而累”------累赘得让人很累。
2、The word has lost its original sense of "dripping blood.".
3、其它具有同源性的相关词：drizzle, drip, drop, droop, drowsy.
4. 枯 --》就是枯萎，因为干燥才会枯萎，燥 --》本身就是干燥的意思。所以枯燥本身就表示很干、干巴巴的意思，所以：dry + ear => drear => dreary => 听得耳朵都干巴巴的、听起来很“干”。
5. 谐音“赘而累”------累赘得让人很累。
中文词源
dreary 沉闷的
来自PIE*dhreu, 滴，掉落，词源同drip, drop. 原义为滴血的，引申义沉闷的，阴深的。
英英释意
- 1. depressing in character or appearance;
- "drove through dingy streets"
- "the dismal prison twilight"- Charles Dickens
- "drab old buildings"
- "a dreary mining town"
- "gloomy tenements"
- "sorry routine that follows on the heels of death"- B.A.Williams
- 2. lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise;
- "her drab personality"
- "life was drab compared with the more exciting life style overseas"
- "a series of dreary dinner parties"
英文词源
- dreary
- dreary: [OE] In Old English, dreary (or drēorig, as it then was) meant ‘dripping with blood, gory’, but its etymological connections are with ‘dripping, falling’ rather than with ‘blood’. It goes back to a West Germanic base *dreuz-, *drauz- which also produced Old English drēosna ‘drop, fall’, probably the ultimate source of drizzle [16] and drowsy.
The literal sense ‘bloody’ disappeared before the end of the Old English period in the face of successive metaphorical extensions: ‘dire, horrid’; ‘sad’ (echoed in the related German traurig ‘sad’); and, in the 17th century, the main modern sense ‘gloomy, dull’. Drear is a conscious archaism, created from dreary in the 17th century.
=> drizzle, drowsy - dreary (adj.)
- Old English dreorig "sad, sorrowful," originally "cruel, bloody, blood-stained," from dreor "gore, blood," from (ge)dreosan (past participle droren) "fall, decline, fail," from Proto-Germanic *dreuzas (cognates: Old Norse dreyrigr "gory, bloody," and more remotely, German traurig "sad, sorrowful"), from PIE root *dhreu- "to fall, flow, drip, droop" (see drip (v.)).
The word has lost its original sense of "dripping blood." Sense of "dismal, gloomy" first recorded 1667 in "Paradise Lost," but Old English had a related verb drysmian "become gloomy."
同义词辨析
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。
实用场景例句
- a long and dreary journey on the train
- 火车上漫长而乏味的旅程
牛津词典
- a dreary film
- 枯燥无味的影片
牛津词典
- a dreary winter's day
- 阴沉的冬日
牛津词典
- They live such dreary lives.
- 他们的生活如此乏味！
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...a dreary little town in the Midwest...
- 位于中西部的沉闷的小镇
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Nowadays, dreary old comprehensibility is still very much around.
- 如今, 令人生厌的容易理解的老派作品还是很多.
期刊摘选
- Life in peacetime Britain was grey threadbare dreary and hopeless.
- 和平时期英国的生活是灰色、乏味、沉闷并且无望的.
期刊摘选
- His speech was dreary.
- 他的讲演枯燥乏味.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Copying manuscripts all the time is dreary work.
- 老是抄写手稿是件枯燥乏味的差事.
辞典例句
- They have not a dreary commitment to mean ambitions.
- 他们不去无聊地追求卑鄙的野心.
辞典例句
- Tis dreary, my raven, this time we spend here tapping toes.
- 海尔达利:真是无趣啊, 我的乌鸦.我们在此浪费时间抖动脚趾头.
期刊摘选
- There never was such a dreary, dismal scene as the formerly cheerful house presented!
- 这所以前是很欢乐的房子从来没有呈现过这么一幅荒凉阴郁的景象.
辞典例句
- She had had a dreary day of it herself.
- 她自己已经为此生了一天的闷气.
英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
- Such a sight makes him feel dreary and sorrowful.
- ——这使他感到凄凉、悲裒.
期刊摘选
- It is very dreary to do the same job everyday.
- 每天都做同样工作是很单调的.
期刊摘选
- Sundays were dreary days in that wintry season.
- 在那酷冷严寒的季节,星期天是个悲哀的日子.
辞典例句
- The otherwise dreary book is enlivened by some very amusing illustrations.
- 这本枯燥乏味的书幸亏加了一些精彩的插图才变得生动有趣.
《简明英汉词典》
- I hate these dry, dreary days.
- 我讨厌干燥沉闷的天气!
期刊摘选
- What a dreary discussion. Gloom and doom for years out into the future.
- 多年沉闷的讨论、沮丧和厄运将来还会有吗?
期刊摘选
- Care to inspect the damge ? You're welcome to, but it's a dreary sight.
- 你想去视察视察被炸的情况 吗 ?欢迎你去, 可是景象很惨.
辞典例句
- They had turned away from the centre of the dreary tobacco town.
- 他们刚离开那潦倒的烟草镇市中心.
辞典例句
- They have an air of freedom, and they have not a dreary commitment to mean ambitious or love of comfort.
- 他们有一种自由自在的风度, 他们不沉溺于可鄙的追名逐利和对舒适生活的迷恋.
《用法词典》
- They couldn't because they were restricted by the dreary realities of electrical circuits and Bakelite moldings.
- 他们无法这样,因为受到现实中沉闷的电路和塑料造型的限制.
期刊摘选
- He called a cab and was driven through the dreary rain to the North Side.
- 他叫了辆马车.马车载着他穿过阴沉沉的雨幕驶向北区.
英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
- Shamen island is descryibed as a dreary banishment site and as a romantic fairy place.
- 沙门岛一是悲凉凄惨、令人畏惧的囚犯流放处所“远恶军州”,一是发生美妙浪漫的人神恋爱故事的人间仙境.
期刊摘选
- He wrote about thunder, bald tree and dreary moon to express his sadness.
- 他通过雷电 、 秃树、大月等意象,表现内心的孤寂和压抑.
期刊摘选
- They have an air of freedom, and they have not a dreary commitment to mean ambitions or love of comfort.
- 他们有一种奔放不羁的风度, 他们没有对卑鄙的野心目标的无聊的追逐和对舒适的迷恋.
《用法词典》
- Relentlessly her mind travelled on over the dreary interval.
- 她丝毫不怜悯自己地继续追忆那段阴郁岁月.
辞典例句