詞彙精選：dull的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
adj.
枯燥無味的；無聊的；令人生厭
例句：
He was tired of the dull and dry life.
枯燥無味的生活使他感到厭煩。
例句：
It is the heavy weather and heat that make me dull.
是這悶熱的天氣使我興味索然。
不明亮的，不鮮明的，無光澤的
例句：
His dull eyes brightened again.
他那雙失神的眼睛又明亮起來。
例句：
A wan sun came onto his face, making the black skin shine like dull metal.
淡淡的陽光照到他的臉上，使他的黑皮膚象一塊沒有光澤的金屬一樣閃亮。
不清晰的，隱約的，低沉的
例句：
A counterfeit will sound dull, while a real coin will have a definite ring to it.
假幣聽起來聲音低沉, 而真幣會發出清晰的鈴般的響聲。
例句：
Through it all, the dull far-off thundering persisted, rolling into her ears in waves of fear.
就在這樣胡思亂想時，遠處隱約的隆隆炮聲仍不斷地轟着她耳鼓，激起一陣陣恐懼的氣氛。
陰沉的，昏暗的，多雲的
例句：
He remembered the day well, a pelting, drenching day when the light indoors was too dull to read by.
他還很清楚地記得那一天，大雨如注，屋子裏太黑，無法看書。
例句：
Over the west hung the wasting moon, now dull and greenish-yellow, like tarnished brass
此時，西方的天空掛着一勾殘月，它黯然無光，黃中透綠，象是一塊蒙了鏽的黃銅。
遲鈍的，愚笨的
例句：
He was not old, but he was not so dull but that he could feel he soon would be.
他還不算老，但他並不遲鈍得意識不到自己很快就會變老。
例句：
Too much bed makes a dull head.
睡得過了分，頭腦就愚笨。
蕭條的，不景氣的，呆滯的
例句：
There is a dull market.
市場蕭條。
例句：
It's hard to get a job in the dull economy.
在日前經濟不景氣的情況下很難找到工作。
（刀等）鈍的，不銳的，不銳利的
例句：
The edge of this knife is too dull to cut the bread.
這把刀的刀刃很鈍，無法切面包。
例句：
His face was all nicked up with the dull edge of the blade.
他的臉上全是鈍刀片割的疤痕。
v.
（疼痛或感情）減輕，（使）變麻木
例句：
She took drugs to dull the pain.
她吃了藥以減輕疼痛.
例句：
She gave me some medicine to dull the pain.
她給了我一些可減輕疼痛的藥。
使遲鈍，使不活潑
例句：
His eyes and ears dulled by age.
他的耳目因年老而變得不靈了。
例句：
His senses dulled as the drug swept through his body.
當毒素傳遍他全身時，他的感覺變得麻木了。
（使）變得無光澤，變模糊，變低沉
例句：
The colour of the red flag has been dulled by age.
那面紅旗因年深日久而褪色了。
二、詞義辨析：
dull,tedious,monotonous,dreary
這些形容詞均表示“單調的、乏味的、厭煩的”之意。dull指缺乏鮮明、吸引力或情趣而顯得乏味、沉悶。tedious側重指文章、演講、演出等冗長乏味或環境等單調、沉悶，缺乏活力，使感到不舒服。monotonous指沒有變化、重複單調的。dreary側重無趣味的，不活潑的事或思想狀態。
三、參考例句：
A dull face invited a dull fate.
既有一張毫無光彩的臉，就只配過毫無光彩的生活。
Cannel coal is dull black.
燭煤呈暗黑色。
This article is awfully dull.
這篇文章[乏味]極了。
There is a dull market.
市場蕭條。
His dull eyes brightened again.
他那雙失神的眼睛又明亮起來。
His eyes looked dull, almost vacuous.
他看上去目光呆滯，茫然若失。
His stepfather was dull and weak.
她的繼父愚蠢而且懦弱。
The lecture was as dull as ditchwater.
那次講座非常呆板乏味。
The stamp was a dull blue colour.
郵票是晦暗的深藍色。
The audience was dull and very provincial.
觀衆既呆板又非常守舊。
