leaden
英 ['led(ə)n]
美['lɛdn]
- adj. 铅灰色的；铅制的；沉闷的；铅一般重的
- vt. 使沉重；使懒散；使呆滞
中文词源
leaden 铅灰色的
lead,铅，-en,形容词后缀。
英英释意
- 1. darkened with overcast;
- "a dark day"
- "a dull sky"
- "a gray rainy afternoon"
- "gray clouds"
- "the sky was leaden and thick"
- 2. made heavy or weighted down with weariness;
- "his leaden arms"
- "weighted eyelids"
- 3. (of movement) slow and laborious;
- "leaden steps"
- 4. lacking lightness or liveliness;
- "heavy humor"
- "a leaden conversation"
英文词源
- leaden (adj.)
- "made of lead," Old English leaden, from lead (n.1) + -en (2). The figurative sense of "heavy, oppressive, dull" is attested by 1570s. Related: Leadenly; leadenness.
实用场景例句
- leaden skies
- 铅灰色的天空
牛津词典
- a leaden heart (= because you are sad)
- 沉重的心情
牛津词典
- The weather was at its worst; bitterly cold, with leaden skies that gave minimum visibility.
- 天气极其恶劣。寒风凛冽，天色晦暗，能见度极低。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...a leaden English translation from the Latin.
- 一篇从拉丁文翻译过来的沉闷的英译文章
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He heard the father's leaden footsteps move down the stairs.
- 他听见父亲蹇步下楼。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- God hath leaden feet , but iron hands.
- 善恶到头终有报.
期刊摘选
- Lust trailed itself through the rooms with leaden feet.
- 邪恶的欲念拖着沉重的脚步走过这几间屋子.
辞典例句
- He walked towards the examination room with leaden feet ( = slowly ).
- 他像脚灌了铅一样地走向考场.
《简明英汉词典》
- It was almost black, dotted with ugly leaden rain clouds.
- 天上几乎已是一片乌黑, 布满了一团团怕人的浓浓的积雨云.
辞典例句
- It fell with a leaden weight on Isabel's ears.
- 这在伊莎贝尔听来象铅块一样沉重.
辞典例句
- God comes with leaden feet , but strikes with iron hands.
- 善有善报,恶有恶报,不是不报, 时间未到.
期刊摘选
- In the second morning, snowflake fell from leaden sky.
- 第二天早晨, 铅灰色的天空飘下了雪花.
期刊摘选
- A leaden weight lay on her heart as she waved him goodbye.
- 她向他挥手道别时,心情十分沉重.
《简明英汉词典》
- The heavy long sleeves were leaden with the deep sadness.
- 舞袖沉沉,凝聚着满怀愁绪.
期刊摘选
- She stopped smiling, she moved in a leaden manner , she avoided people.
- 她整天不露一个笑脸, 做事情也是没精打采的, 而且害怕跟人接近.
汉英文学 - 家（1-26） - 家（1-26）
- It had been a leaden dawn, and the rain now steadily poured down.
- 那是一个铅灰色的黎明, 现在又开始连绵不断地下起了大雨.
期刊摘选
- I drag leaden feet.
- 我拖着沉着的双脚.
期刊摘选
- Scarlett slowly climbed the steps after him, her feet leaden.
- 思嘉跟在他后面,慢腾腾地爬上台阶, 两只脚沉重得像铅一般.
飘（部分）
- The sky was leaden and thick.
- 天空阴沉沉的布满乌云.
期刊摘选
- She said that Duse has leaden feet, and that the perfect actors walked on air.
- 她说杜恩走起路来脚步沉重, 而炉火纯青的演员却都步履轻盈,飘飘若仙.
辞典例句
- Two leaden balls , each at the end of a stiff pendulum , swing from a pole.
- 两个铅球, 分别装在一条硬摆杆的两端, 挂在一根柱子上.
期刊摘选
- Its monstrous wings seem to wheel in the leaden air around me.
- 它那怕人的翅膀仿佛在我周围沉重的空气中旋转.
辞典例句
- He heard the father's leaden footsteps move down the stairs.
- 他听见父亲蹇步下楼。
柯林斯例句
- The weather was at its worst; bitterly cold, with leaden skies that gave minimum visibility.
- 天气极其恶劣。寒风凛冽，天色晦暗，能见度极低。
柯林斯例句
- His pass described a perfect arc through the leaden sky.
- 他的传球在阴沉的天空中划出了一道完美的弧线。
柯林斯例句