humdrum

hum·drum

H0320800 (hŭm′drŭm′)adj. Lacking variety or excitement. See Synonyms at dull.n. Monotonous talk or routine.

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[Probably from hum.]

humdrum

(ˈhʌmˌdrʌm) adjordinary; dullna monotonous routine, task, or person[C16: rhyming compound, probably based on hum] ˈhumˌdrumness n

hum•drum

(ˈhʌmˌdrʌm)

adj. 1. lacking variety; boring; dull. n. 2. humdrum character or routine; monotony. [1545–55; earlier humtrum, rhyming compound based on hum]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	humdrum - the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety; "he had never grown accustomed to the monotony of his work"; "he was sick of the humdrum of his fellow prisoners"; "he hated the sameness of the food the college served"monotony, samenessunvariedness - characterized by an absence of variation
Adj.	1.	humdrum - not challenging; dull and lacking excitement; "an unglamorous job greasing engines"unglamorous, unglamourous, commonplace, prosaicunexciting - not exciting; "an unexciting novel"; "lived an unexciting life"
	2.	humdrum - tediously repetitious or lacking in variety; "a humdrum existence; all work and no play"; "nothing is so monotonous as the sea"monotonousdull - lacking in liveliness or animation; "he was so dull at parties"; "a dull political campaign"; "a large dull impassive man"; "dull days with nothing to do"; "how dull and dreary the world is"; "fell back into one of her dull moods"

humdrum

adjective dull, ordinary, boring, routine, commonplace, mundane, tedious, dreary, banal, tiresome, monotonous, uneventful, uninteresting, mind-numbing, ho-hum (informal), repetitious, wearisome, unvaried trapped in a humdrum but well-paid job
interesting, exciting, dramatic, extraordinary, entertaining, stimulating, sexy (informal), lively

humdrum

adjectiveArousing no interest or curiosity:boring, drear, dreary, dry, dull, irksome, monotonous, stuffy, tedious, tiresome, uninteresting, weariful, wearisome, weary.nounA tiresome lack of variety:monotone, monotonousness, monotony, sameness.

Translations

乏味的单调的

humdrum

(ˈhamdram) adjective dull. a humdrum life. 一成不變的 乏味的，单调的