cheerless

英 [ˈtʃɪələs]

美 [ˈtʃɪrləs]

adj.  阴冷的; 阴暗的; 阴郁的

BNC.32779 / COCA.29952

同义词辨析

gloomycheerlessdepressing【导航词义：阴郁的】

牛津词典

adj.

• 阴冷的；阴暗的；阴郁的
  without warmth or colour so it makes you feel depressed
  1. a dark and cheerless room
     黑暗阴森的房间

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED (地方或天气)沉闷的，令人不快的
  Cheerlessplaces or weather are dull and depressing.
  1. The kitchen was dank and cheerless.
     厨房既潮湿又阴暗。
  2. ...a bleak, cheerless day.
     阴冷、惨淡的一天

英英释义

adj

• causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
  1. the economic outlook is depressing
  2. something cheerless about the room
  3. a moody and uncheerful person
  4. an uncheerful place
  Synonym:depressinguncheerful

双语例句

• It was the end of November and the day was very cheerless.
  已经是十一月底了，天色十分阴暗。
• Cheerless is the day, the light under frowning clouds is like a punished child with traces of tears on its pale cheeks, and the cry of the wind is like the cry of a wounded world.
  这一天是不快活的。光在蹙额的云下，如一个被责打的儿童，灰白的脸上留着泪痕；风又号叫着，似一个受伤的世界的哭声。
• They live in a bare, cheerless apartment in downtown New york.
  他们住在纽约市中心一间四壁空空、阴暗惨淡的公寓里。
• Had friends-my early friends are fled: How cheerless feels the heart alone, When all its former hopes are dead!
  有朋友早年的友谊已终结；孤苦的心灵怎能不忧郁，当原有的希望都黯然熄灭！
• The land is cheerless and barren, arid as the Sahara.
  这片土地荒凉而贫瘠，干旱得一如撒哈拉。
• I cannot accept your praises, he interrupted hurriedly; on the contrary, I am always reproaching myself; but it is an uninteresting and cheerless subject.
  我不能接受您的赞扬，他慌忙打断她的话，相反，我一直在自我责备，不过说这些太乏味、太没意思了。
• Inside the orphanage, Dumbledore is led to a cheerless room and is greeted by the cold stare of the young Tom Riddle.
  在孤儿院里，邓不利多被带到一个冰冷的房间中，而少年汤姆·里德尔正用冰冷的目光凝望着他。
• The cheerless surroundings had no effect on her.
  令人泄气的环境对她毫无影响。
• A starless sky with a solitary moon would be dull and cheerless, why not let there be a moonlit night resplendent with twinkling stars?
  只有一颗月亮而没有星星点缀的夜空将是单调无趣的，何不让它成为一个月光照耀、星光闪烁的美好夜晚呢？
• The kitchen was dank and cheerless.
  厨房既潮湿又阴暗。