dull

dull /dʌl/
  • tính từ
    • chậm hiểu, tối dạ, ngu đần, đần độn
    • không tinh, mờ (mắt); không thính, nghễnh ngãng (tai)
      • to be dull of ear: nghễnh ngãng; tai nghe không thính
    • vô tri vô giác (vật)
      • dull stones: những hòn đá vô tri vô giác
    • cùn (dao...)
    • đục, mờ đục, xỉn, xám xịt
      • dull colour: màu xám, xám xịt lại
      • dull light: ánh sang mờ đục
    • cảm thấy lờ mờ, cảm thấy không rõ rệt, âm ỉ
      • dull pain: đau âm ỉ
    • thẫn thờ, uể oải, chậm chạp (người, vật)
    • ứ đọng, trì chậm, bán không chạy, ế
      • dull goods: hàng bán không chạy, hàng ế
      • dull trade: việc buôn bán trì chậm
    • đều đều, buồn tẻ, chán ngắt, tẻ ngắt, buồn nản
      • a dull life: cuộc sống buồn tẻ
      • a dull sermon: bài thuyết giáo chán ngắt
      • to feet dull: cảm thấy buồn nản
    • tối tăm, âm u, u ám, ảm đạm
      • dull weather: tiết trời u ám
  • ngoại động từ
    • làm ngu đàn, làm đần dộn
    • làm cùn
    • làm mờ đi, làm mờ đục, làm xỉn
    • làm âm ỉ, làm đỡ nhức nhối, làm đỡ nhói (cơn đau)
    • làm buồn nản
    • làm tối tăm, làm u ám, làm ảm đạm
    • nội động từ
      • hoá ngu đần, đần độn
      • cùn đi
      • mờ đi, mờ đục, xỉn đi
      • âm ỉ, đỡ nhức nhối, đỡ đau (cơn đau)
      • tối sầm lại, thành u ám, thành ảm đạm

     đục
  • dull coal: than đục
  • dull glass: kính đục
  • go dull or flat: làm đục
  •  mờ
  • dull fracture: vết nứt mờ
  • dull lustre: ánh mờ
  • go dull or flat: làm mờ
  • Lĩnh vực: y học
     đục (tiếng)

     giá thị trường đều đều
     mờ nhạt

    dull butter
     dầu đục
    dull goods
     hàng ế
    dull market
     thị trường ế ẩm
    dull market
     thị trường tiêu điều
    dull market
     thị trường trầm trệ
    dull market
     thị trường yên tĩnh
    dull season
     mùa ế hàng
    dull tips
     nụ đục
    dull trade
     buôn bán trì trệ

    Xem thêm: muffle, mute, damp, dampen, tone down, numb, benumb, blunt, blunt, pall, muffled, muted, softened, boring, deadening, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome, dense, dim, dumb, obtuse, slow, slow, sluggish, thudding, grey, gray, leaden



    dull

    Từ điển Collocation

    dull adj.

    VERBS appear, be, look, seem, sound | become, get The work gets a bit dull at times. | make sth The long lectures made the afternoon dull. | find sth

    ADV. deadly, extremely, stupefyingly, very The film was long and deadly dull. | a bit, a little, fairly, pretty, rather, somewhat | disappointingly


    Từ điển WordNet

      v.

    • make dull in appearance

      Age had dulled the surface

    • become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness

      the varnished table top dulled with time

    • deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping; muffle, mute, damp, dampen, tone down
    • make numb or insensitive; numb, benumb, blunt

      The shock numbed her senses

    • make dull or blunt; blunt

      Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge

    • become less interesting or attractive; pall
    • make less lively or vigorous

      Middle age dulled her appetite for travel

      adj.

    • lacking in liveliness or animation

      he was so dull at parties

      a dull political campaign

      a large dull impassive man

      dull days with nothing to do

      how dull and dreary the world is

      fell back into one of her dull moods

    • emitting or reflecting very little light

      a dull glow

      dull silver badly in need of a polish

      a dull sky

    • being or made softer or less loud or clear; muffled, muted, softened

      the dull boom of distant breaking waves

      muffled drums

      the muffled noises of the street

      muted trumpets

    • so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; boring, deadening, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome

      a boring evening with uninteresting people

      the deadening effect of some routine tasks

      a dull play

      his competent but dull performance

      a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention

      what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train

      the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome

    • (of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted

      dull greens and blues

    • not keenly felt

      a dull throbbing

      dull pain

    • slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; dense, dim, dumb, obtuse, slow

      so dense he never understands anything I say to him

      never met anyone quite so dim

      although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions

      he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse

      worked with the slow students

    • (of business) not active or brisk; slow, sluggish

      business is dull (or slow)

      a sluggish market

    • not having a sharp edge or point

      the knife was too dull to be of any use

    • blunted in responsiveness or sensibility; "a dull gaze"; "so exhausted she was dull to what went on about her"- Willa Cather
    • not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft; thudding

      the dull thud

      thudding bullets

    • darkened with overcast; grey, gray, leaden

      a dark day

      a dull sky

      a grey rainy afternoon

      grey clouds

      the sky was leaden and thick


    English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

    dulls|dulled|dulling|duller|dullest
    syn.: blunt boring dingy dreary dry flat gray inactive slow sluggish stupid uninteresting bright keen sharp vivid