音标：['driәri] ；柯林斯词典等级：1 级；

a. 沉闷的

s lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise
s causing dejection

词型变化：形容词比较级 : drearier ; 形容词最高级 : dreariest
考试类型：[托福/IELTS/GRE]

词性分布：

形容词100%

dreary的用法和样例：

例句

用作形容词(adj.)

By day the monotonous hours wore on in the same heavy, hashed manner as on that first dreary afternoon.在白天，那沉闷的时刻，就和第一个凄凉的下午一样，忧郁寂寞地度过。
Its yellow ambiguous stripes and dreary sky are homologous, which makes the world harmonious.它背上灰黄斑驳的花纹，跟沉闷的天空遥遥相应，造成和谐的色调。
Hurstwood's dreary state made its beauty become more and more vivid.赫斯渥那令人沮丧的处境使得这些情景更加美丽迷人。

常见句型

用作形容词(adj.)

用作定语～+ n.

Addressing envelopes all the time is dreary work.老是往信封上写地址是件乏味的工作。
It was the dreariest job I had ever done.那是我所做过的最沉闷的工作。
I'm afraid it's been a dreary instead of a sunny autumn.恐怕已是阴郁的秋天，而不是阳光明媚的秋天了。

经典引文

A dreary speech by a dreary orator.
出自：Oxford English Dictionary
The dreary yard with its rubbish heaps, and the backs of more slums.
出自：D. M. Thomas

【近义词】

dismal阴沉的
dull呆滞的
gloomy阴暗的
depressing令人沮丧的
somber微暗的
monotonous单调的
discouraging令人气馁的
tedious单调乏味的
cheerless沉闷的
bleak萧瑟的
dark黑暗的
disheartening使人沮丧的
desolate荒凉的
doleful悲哀的
solemn庄严的
grey灰色的
dead死的
funereal适合葬礼的
black黑的
colorless无色的
grim严厉的
drab土褐色的
boring令人厌烦的
lifeless无生命的
unexciting不令人兴奋的...
routine例行公事
miserable痛苦的
drear阴沉的
blue蓝色的
dingy肮脏的
disconsolate忧郁的
sorry对不起的

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