英语词汇“bleak”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	bleak
释义	bleak I. \ˈblēk\ adjective (-er/-est) Etymology: Middle English bleke pale, probably alteration (influenced by Middle English blok pale, from Old English blāc) of bleche, from Old English blǣc; akin to Old English blāc pale — more at bleach 1. dialect England : lacking color : pale 2. : lacking vegetation : exposed and barren and often windswept < bleak alkali soils > < watching the sunset from the bleak crest of the ridge > 3. : cold, raw : bitter and chilling < the snow was deep, the wind bleak > < on a bleak November evening > 4. a. : lacking in warmth or kindliness : drab, frigid, cheerless, grim < the bleakest woman I ever knew > < with the bleak dogmas of election and reprobation put away, with the God of wrath dethroned — V.L.Parrington > b. : lacking likelihood of favorable termination or solution : wholly distressing : depressing < these desires … stand in bleak contradiction to our central proposals — J.R.Oppenheimer > < a bleak outlook > < bleak facts > c. : lacking petty or softening detail : severely simple : austere < some who have been repelled by the bleak isolation of the mystic's final climb — W.R.Inge > < I like bleak thinking, as I like austerity in religion — H.L.Stuart > < the brittle, bleak photography … is a lesson in realism — J.P.Lyford > Synonyms: see dismal II. noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English bleke, probably alteration (influenced by bleke pale) of Old English blǣge — more at blay : a small European cyprinid river fish (Alburnus lucidus) having silvery pigment lining its scales that is used in making artificial pearls — see pearl essence
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