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单词 dullness
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dullness

/ˈdʌlnəs /
(US also dulness)
noun [mass noun]
1Lack of interest or excitement: tasks of such repetitive and numbing dullness a desert of unremitting flatness and dullness the dullness of domestic life...
  • Their ponderous dullness fails to convey either the excitement of intellectual exploration or its importance.
  • Another insider said the campaign reflected the dullness of political advertising in Ireland.
  • For the viewer or the reader, this can be a pleasant experience, a feeling of ease, without boredom or dullness.
2Lack of brightness, vividness, or sheen: flowery options to brighten up the dullness of autumn the summer light cut into the dullness of the room the dullness of the colours...
  • The colors are all vibrantly rendered without any dullness.
  • The sky was bright, contrasting with the dullness of bare branches reaching towards it.
  • He noticed the drag in Michael's step, the paleness of his usually dark face, and the dullness in his eyes.
3The quality of being slow to understand; stupidity: critical comments on the stupidity or dullness of those in authority dullness of comprehension...
  • In drama, a dullness has crept in because intellectualism isn't a word you're allowed to utter any more.
  • Most of us have no idea of what could happen in our lives if we would overcome our stupidity and dullness.
  • Stupidity, density, foolishness, dullness; no matter how you name it, it does not exist!
3.1The quality of not perceiving things distinctly: you might notice mental dullness that feels like a hangover dullness of vision 70 per cent of clubbers suffer dullness of hearing or ringing in the ears...
  • Percussion revealed dullness at the base of the right lung.
  • Three-quarters of party-goers who throng nightclubs on a regular basis experience ringing in their ears or dullness of hearing afterwards.
  • It felt a bit like being drunk but without the dullness</em alcohol built in.
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