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单词 dry-as-dust
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dry-as-dust


dry·as·dust

or dry-as-dust D0403900 (drī′əz-dŭst′)n. A dull, pedantic speaker or writer.
[After Dr. Jonas Dryasdust, a fictitious character to whom Sir Walter Scott dedicated some of his novels.]
dry′as·dust′ adj.

dry-as-dust

adj completely lacking in interest and stimulation

dry′-as-dust′



adj. dull; boring. [1870–75; after Dr. Dryasdust, a fictitious pedant satirized in the prefaces of Sir Walter Scott's novels]

dry-as-dust


(as) dry as dust

1. Very dry. I followed the recipe exactly, and yet my cake is as dry as dust. I need to take out my contact lenses now because my eyes are just dry as dust.2. Lacking any interesting or engaging elements; very boring. That lecture on polynomials almost put me to sleep—it was just dry as dust.See also: dry, dust

dry-as-dust

mod. dull; lifeless. I can’t take another one of his dry-as-dust lectures.
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