leaden

英 [ˈledn]

美 [ˈledn]

adj.  铅灰色的; 沉闷的; 阴郁的; 迟钝的; 呆滞的

现在分词：leadening　

机械

BNC.21472 / COCA.20321

牛津词典

adj.

• 铅灰色的
  dull grey in colour, like lead
  1. leaden skies
     铅灰色的天空
• 沉闷的；阴郁的；迟钝的；呆滞的
  dull, heavy or slow
  1. a leaden heart (= because you are sad)
     沉重的心情

柯林斯词典

• ADJ （天空或海水）铅灰色的
  Aleadensky or sea is dark grey and has no movement of clouds or waves.
  1. The weather was at its worst; bitterly cold, with leaden skies that gave minimum visibility.
     天气极其恶劣。寒风凛冽，天色晦暗，能见度极低。
• ADJ （谈话或文章）乏味的，沉闷的
  Aleadenconversation or piece of writing is not very interesting.
  1. ...a leaden English translation from the Latin.
     一篇从拉丁文翻译过来的沉闷的英译文章
• ADJ （通常指因疲劳而行动）蹇缓的，迟缓的，沉重的
  If your movements areleaden, you move slowly and heavily, usually because you are tired.
  1. He heard the father's leaden footsteps move down the stairs.
     他听见父亲蹇步下楼。

英英释义

adj

• darkened with overcast
  1. a dark day
  2. a dull sky
  3. the sky was leaden and thick
  Synonym:dull
• lacking lightness or liveliness
  1. heavy humor
  2. a leaden conversation
  Synonym:heavy
• (of movement) slow and laborious
  1. leaden steps
  Synonym:plodding
• made heavy or weighted down with weariness
  1. his leaden arms
  2. weighted eyelids
  Synonym:weighted
• made of lead
  1. a leaden weight

双语例句

• They are hastening back to their warm wooden dovecote earlier than usual perhaps because they have mistaken the bleak leaden sky for nightfall or because of their presentiment of a storm.
  也许是误认这灰暗的凄冷的天空为夜色的来袭，或是也预感到风雨的将至，遂过早地飞回它们温暖的木舍。
• It was almost black, dotted with ugly leaden rain clouds.
  天上几乎已是一片乌黑，布满了一团团怕人的浓浓的积雨云。
• The stars were faint and small. The moon had set or been swallowed up by grey, leaden clouds.
  星光是那样微小，月亮也许落下去了，也许被灰色的和土色的云彩所遮蔽。
• Lust trailed itself through the rooms with leaden feet.
  邪恶的欲念拖着沉重的脚步走过这几间屋子。
• And Wu sun-fu's heart felt as leaden as the sky.
  吴荪甫心里也像挂着一块铅。
• Sunday dawned, dark and sullen, with an overcast sky and the threatenings of thunder in the air. a dark day; a dull sky; a gray rainy afternoon; gray clouds; the sky was leaden and thick.
  星期天的黎明十分，黑暗且沉闷，阴云密布，电闪雷鸣。阴天；阴暗的天空；阴暗的、下着雨的下午；阴云；天空阴沉。
• It fell with a leaden weight on Isabel's ears.
  这在伊莎贝尔听来象铅块一样沉重。
• She was pleasant, even cheerful, but there was a leaden weight in her heart as she realized how foolish she had been.
  她高兴愉快，可是心里却有点沉重，她认识到自己太愚蠢了。
• Within my heart, the climate seemed as parched of rain as this leaden sky, for a long time not a single tear of tenderness had fallen from my arid eyes.
  我心甘情愿里的气候也和这北方大陆一样缺少寸量，一滴温柔的泪在我枯涩眼里，如迟疑在这阴觉的天空里的雨点，久不落下。
• Grey trees, grey earth, grey houses lay silently beneath the leaden sky.
  灰色的树木，灰色的土地，灰色的房屋，都静静的立在灰黄色的天下；