bleak

bleak /bli:k/
  • tính từ
    • trống trải; lạnh lẽo, hoang vắng; ảm đạm
      • bleak house: căn nhà lạnh lẽo hoang vắng
    • dãi gió
      • a bleak hillside: sườn đồi dãi gió
  • danh từ
    • (động vật học) cá mương Âu
 cá đảnh
 cá nhàng

Xem thêm: black, dim, bare, barren, desolate, stark, cutting, raw



bleak

Từ điển Collocation

bleak adj.

1 without hope

VERBS appear, be, look, seem | become | remain

ADV. extremely, very Prospects for the industry are extremely bleak. | increasingly | unnecessarily The report paints an unnecessarily bleak picture of the town.

2 bare/empty/without pleasant features

VERBS be, look, seem The moors looked bleak and desolate in the rain. | become

ADV. very | a bit, rather It was a rather bleak and dismal place.

Từ điển WordNet

    adj.

  • offering little or no hope; black, dim

    the future looked black

    prospects were bleak

    Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult"- J.M.Synge; "took a dim view of things

  • providing no shelter or sustenance; bare, barren, desolate, stark

    bare rocky hills

    barren lands

    the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes

    the desolate surface of the moon

    a stark landscape

  • unpleasantly cold and damp; cutting, raw

    bleak winds of the North Atlantic

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

bleaks|bleaker|bleakest
syn.: bare chilly cold dismal dreary
ant.: animated