| 释义 |
dulsome, a. Obs. exc. dial.|ˈdʌlsəm|
[f. dull a. + -some: cf. darksome, etc.]
Of a dull character or quality; dreary, dismal.
1614Lodge Seneca's Epist. 486 Darksome night Begins to spread her sad and silent eye Upon the dulsome earth. a1770C. Smart Hop Garden (R.), What time Aquarius' urn impends To kill the dulsome day. 1877E. Peacock N.W. Linc. Gloss. s.v., ‘It's strange dulsome weather for August’. ‘He looks strange an' dulsome’. |