humdrum

humdrum /'hʌmdrʌm/
  • tính từ
    • nhàm, chán, buồn tẻ
      • a humdrum life: một cuộc đời buồn tẻ
  • danh từ
    • sự nhàm, sự buồn tẻ
    • nội động từ
      • tiến hành một cách đều đều, trôi đi một cách buồn tẻ

    Xem thêm: monotony, sameness, commonplace, prosaic, unglamorous, unglamourous, monotonous



    humdrum

    Từ điển WordNet

      n.

    • the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety; monotony, sameness

      he had never grown accustomed to the monotony of his work

      he was sick of the humdrum of his fellow prisoners

      he hated the sameness of the food the college served

      adj.

    • not challenging; dull and lacking excitement; commonplace, prosaic, unglamorous, unglamourous

      an unglamorous job greasing engines

    • tediously repetitious or lacking in variety; monotonous

      a humdrum existence; all work and no play

      nothing is so monotonous as the sea

    English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary


    syn.: commonplace monotonous monotony prosaic sameness unglamorous unglamourous