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 afforded her a little relief, of a dull and cheerless kind.
  这使她感到几分宽慰，不过这是一种索然无味而又凄然的宽慰罢了。
• The cheerless surroundings had no effect on her.
  令人泄气的环境对她毫无影响。
• During the early morning ride from the suburb, we sat drowsily with our collars up to our ears, a cheerless and taciturn bunch.
  一大清早我们就从郊区开始坐车，我们把衣领高竖到耳朵上，懒洋洋的坐在那，一群沉闷的，没有言语的人。
• The kitchen was dank and cheerless.
  厨房既潮湿又阴暗。
• Collins found a cigarette, brought his lighter to it and paced nervously around the small, cheerless room.
  柯林斯取出一支香烟，用打火机把烟点着，心神不定地在这间凄凉的小屋里踱来踱去。
• 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。
• They came back quiet and cheerless.
  他们回来了，闷闷不乐。
• Without the illuminate of sunshine, the world will be how doleful cold and cheerless.
  没有阳光的照射，世界将是多么的寂寞冷清。
• Brazilians look gloomily forward to a New Year that even the president admits will be grey and cheerless.
  展望新年，巴西人心情沮丧，甚至连总统都承认明年困难重重，不容乐观。
• 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。