dull的意思|dull的解释-里氏词典

Dull \Dull\, a. [Compar. {Duller}; superl. {Dullest}.] [AS. dol
foolish; akin to gedwelan to err, D. dol mad, dwalen to
wander, err, G. toll mad, Goth. dwals foolish, stupid, cf.
Gr. ? turbid, troubled, Skr. dhvr to cause to fall. Cf.
{Dolt}, {Dwale}, {Dwell}, {Fraud}.]
1. Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension;
stupid; doltish; blockish. ``Dull at classical learning.''
--Thackeray.

She is not bred so dull but she can learn. --Shak.

2. Slow in action; sluggish; unready; awkward.

This people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears
are dull of hearing. --Matt. xiii.
15.

O, help my weak wit and sharpen my dull tongue.
--Spenser.

3. Insensible; unfeeling.

Think me not
So dull a devil to forget the loss
Of such a matchless wife. -- Beau. & Fl.

4. Not keen in edge or point; lacking sharpness; blunt. ``Thy
scythe is dull.'' --Herbert.

5. Not bright or clear to the eye; wanting in liveliness of
color or luster; not vivid; obscure; dim; as, a dull fire
or lamp; a dull red or yellow; a dull mirror.

6. Heavy; gross; cloggy; insensible; spiritless; lifeless;
inert. ``The dull earth.'' --Shak.

As turning the logs will make a dull fire burn, so
changes of study a dull brain. -- Longfellow.

7. Furnishing little delight, spirit, or variety;
uninteresting; tedious; cheerless; gloomy; melancholy;
depressing; as, a dull story or sermon; a dull occupation
or period; hence, cloudy; overcast; as, a dull day.

Along life's dullest, dreariest walk. -- Keble.

Syn: Lifeless; inanimate; dead; stupid; doltish; heavy;
sluggish; sleepy; drowsy; gross; cheerless; tedious;
irksome; dismal; dreary; clouded; tarnished; obtuse. See
{Lifeless}.

Dull \Dull\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Duller}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Dulling}.]
1. To deprive of sharpness of edge or point. ``This . . .
dulled their swords.'' --Bacon.

Borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. --Shak.

2. To make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy, as the
senses, the feelings, the perceptions, and the like.

Those [drugs] she has
Will stupefy and dull the sense a while. --Shak.

Use and custom have so dulled our eyes. --Trench.

3. To render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish. ``Dulls
the mirror.'' --Bacon.

4. To deprive of liveliness or activity; to render heavy; to
make inert; to depress; to weary; to sadden.

Attention of mind . . . wasted or dulled through
continuance. --Hooker.

Dull \Dull\, v. i.
To become dull or stupid. --Rom. of R.

As it travels this somewhat dull route, William Cook's profits are likely to recover to Pounds 7m this year, or earnings of 22p, followed by Pounds 10m and 31.8p of earnings.
Precious metals basically followed the oil markets higher in rather dull trading, said Richard Levine, vice president of the precious metals and foreign exchange group for Elders Futures Inc. in New York.
Despite the modest gains, traders said the market remains dull, with investors remaining cautiously on the sidelines.
The last would include index-linked gilts, overseas bonds and liquid deposits. Investors with portfolios constructed on these lines have had a rather dull 1994 so far, with a negative return of about 8 per cent in the first six months.
They took turns reading from the chapter, in which Emma asks picnic participants to say either one brilliant thing, two moderately amusing things, or three dull things.
Some of the other solo singing was on the dull side in music as fresh and alive as if it was written yesterday - no doubt why the programme gave Purcell's dates as 1965-95.
Baldock conceded that 1989 "was a dull year for the import sector" but noted that import sales have climbed over the past five to 10 years.
A last-minute buying spree erased early losses and pushed the major stock market indexes into the plus column at the end of a dull session.
Its dull and angular shape must rank as a great styling opportunity lost. On the road, it was their similarities I noticed, not the differences.
Mayor Maureen O'Connor is cruising to election day next week in a mayoral contest that the news media in the nation's seventh-largest city have virtually ignored because even insiders find it dull.
Clematis introductions would be worse than dull without the names.
"The men who run America run it blue, gray and dull," says Mr. Molloy.
After years of independence as a solid, if somewhat dull company, Stead fell into the hands of aggressive developer Clayform Properties in 1989.
Everything about the show sets it apart from ordinary broadcasts, which are presented in formal language in detail, and are visually dull.
A lack of small investors continues to make for dull trading.
The Nikkei's firmer finish was attributed to some program buying, unrelated to arbitrage, at the close. Still, overall market sentiment was dull, reflected in the relatively thin volume.
The movement was sloppy and dull.
The dollar ended slightly higher after drifting without direction in dull European trading Wednesday, with the market lacking any fresh news on which to trade.
It depicts wealth as the key to happiness but rarely shows people working hard, because this would be dull viewing.
While he was reluctant to estimate when the Nasdaq market will pull out of its funk, Mr. Sulya said, "It could be a dull summer." Trading in Ameritrust, however, added some life to the session.
Yesterday's 11 per cent increase in interim profits from Invergordon made a refreshing change to a dull diet of depressed earnings.
Share prices in London finished a mild session stronger as an inspiring start to Wall Street and futures-led buying underpinned an otherwise dull market.
"Paralysis may exist and things may seem dull and boring, but there's a lot of good stuff going on," he said.
But the long marriage was dull, he said. When his wife died, he disposed of the house.
A 7-year-old sister, Lulu, sits in a wheelchair, eyes dull and head tilted against a brace.
Helsinki may be small; it is certainly not dull.
The result is daring, fascinating and never dull.
The ordinary put on 5 at 413 1/2 p in exceptionally heavy turnover of 72m. While the stabilisation programme being undertaken by SG Warburg, the government's adviser, will limit downward pressure, analysts are predicting a dull time for the new BT stock.
In these conditions the strong gains achieved by the March contract are impossible to interpret, said traders. Option volume remained dull, 29,443 contracts comparing with 26,292 on Monday.
The re-election victory in an otherwise dull political year cast Kean into his party's limelight and put him in demand around the country as a speaker.

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