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

• 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。
• It was a very dubious-looking, nay a very dark and dismal night, bitingly cold and cheerless.
  这是一个非常朦胧的、且非常黑暗而阴沉的夜晚，天气冷彻肌肤，了无生趣。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Bridging Reference: A Scenario-based Account; Against this cheerless backdrop The Boss of It All makes sense.
  搭桥参照：以图景为基础的解释方法对照这个凄凉的背景，「真假老板」显得顺理成章。
• They came back quiet and cheerless.
  他们回来了，闷闷不乐。
• The kitchen was dank and cheerless.
  厨房既潮湿又阴暗。
• 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 layout of the cottage was identical with that of Lucy's, but the atmosphere was different: this place was bare, cheerless and none too clean.
  室内布置与露西家雷同，但气氛却大有差异：空荡荡，缺乏生气，而且很脏。