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单词 leaden
释义 lead·en
I. \ˈledən\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English leden, from Old English lēaden, from lēad lead + -en
1.
 a. : made of lead
  < a leaden box >
 b.
  (1) : of the color lead
  (2) : of the color lead gray
  (3) : dull gray : dun
   < a leaden sky >
   < of a dull leaden paleness — Anthony Trollope >
2.
 a. : lacking value or quality : poor, mean
  < his golden tact and leaden taste — H.M.Reichard >
 b.
  (1) : oppressively heavy
   < all their equipment had become leaden — Norman Mailer >
   < his body seemed a trifle less leaden — John Buchan >
   : oppressive
   < a leaden silence fell — Jean Stafford >
  (2) : dragging, sluggish
   < had a lot of power and a lot of leaden feet — Ty Cobb >
 c.
  (1) : dull, expressionless, inert
   < the heavy leaden eyes turn on you — R.W.Emerson >
   < its hero is a leaden bore — New Yorker >
  (2) : lacking spirit, animation, or sparkle : heavy-footed, flat
   < giving the music a leaden character — Arthur Berger >
   < their ironies are leaden — Charles Lee >
   < there's a rather leaden first act — Springfield (Massachusetts) Union >
   < this version … is full of fine shots of India … but the picture itself is leaden — John McCarten >
lead·en·ly adverb
lead·en·ness \-ən(n)ə̇s\ noun -es
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
: to make like lead
 < the dead palace floors had leadened his feet — William Sansom >
 < a brain leadened with fear >
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