dulness [
'dʌlnis]
n. 模糊;无光泽
- She did it because it was pleasant and a relief from dulness of the home over which her husband brooded.
她去拜访她们,因为这使她感到愉快,她还可以摆脱一下那个枯燥无味的家和她那个守在家里发呆的丈夫。 - The result is dulness of sight, a stagnation of the vital circulations, and a general deliquium and sloughing off of all the intellectual faculties.
其结果是目力衰退,一切生机凝滞,普遍颓唐,智力的官能完全像蜕皮一样蜕掉。 - Only if in truth thou canst be charged with being rather slow and dull of comprehension, thou must exert thyself about this also, not neglecting it nor yet taking pleasure in thy dulness.
倘若你实际该受指责的仅仅在于领悟力慢和钝,则你也务必尽力克服这些缺点,切不可轻视、贻误。
Dullness \Dull"ness\, n.
The state of being dull; slowness; stupidity; heaviness;
drowsiness; bluntness; obtuseness; dimness; want of luster;
want of vividness, or of brightness. [Written also
{dulness}.]
And gentle dullness ever loves a joke. --Pope.