that makes you feel sad; not bright or interesting synonym dull令人沮喪的;沉悶的;枯燥無味的 a dreary winter’s day 陰沉的冬日 a dreary film 枯燥無味的影片 a long and dreary journey on the train 火車上漫長而乏味的旅程
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsc2Lunch was a pretty dreary affair. 午餐是一件相當沉悶的事情。 a dark and dreary February morning 一個黑暗而沉悶的二月早晨 his dull and dreary life 他枯燥乏味的生活 playing the same dreary old tune 彈奏同樣沉悶的老調 streets full of dreary little shops 滿是沉悶的小店的街道 The house looked grim and dreary in the faint damp rain. 在微弱潮濕的雨裏,房子顯得陰森而沉悶。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryDreary is used with these nouns:- morning
- room
- winter
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Word OriginOld English drēorig ‘gory, cruel’, also ‘melancholy’, from drēor ‘gore’, of Germanic origin; related to German traurig ‘sorrowful’, also to drowsy, and probably to drizzle.