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单词 dour
释义 dour
\ˈdau̇](ə)r, ˈdu̇], ]ə, Scot ˈdür\ adjective
(usually -er/-est)
Etymology: Middle English, probably from Latin durus hard — more at dure (hard)
1. : marked by sternness or severity : harsh, forbidding
 < a literary mode that had slowly percolated through the crust of Puritan provincialism and imparted a certain sprightliness to a dour temper — V.L.Parrington >
 < an imposing composition, somewhat dour and ascetic in character but full of theatrical thunder and loud declamation — Winthrop Sargeant >
2. : marked by obstinacy or stubbornness : unyielding, dogged
 < an insistent hunger for learning and a dour and often sacrificial determination to achieve it — Walter Moberly >
 < resisted change with a dour persistence — Russell Kirk >
3. : marked by gloomy silence or ill humor : sullen
 < an independent individual, suspicious of strangers and frequently dour in disposition — Pamela Gulliver & P.H.Gulliver >
 < in camp … he was silent; gloomy and dour, frequently irritable, unfriendly and hostile to everybody — C.W.M.Hart >
4. chiefly Scotland
 a. of weather : bleak and gloomy
 b. of land : barren and infertile
Synonyms: see sullen
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