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cheerlessly

/cheer-lis/US // ˈtʃɪər lɪs //UK // (ˈtʃɪəlɪs) //

愉快地,欢呼雀跃地,愉快的,欢呼雀跃

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : without cheer; joyless; gloomy: drab, cheerless surroundings.

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Examples

  • Players adapted to a new world of isolation and cheerless games.

  • The current period, from the 1990s through today, is surprisingly cheerless.

  • It was a cheerless morning when they got into the street, blowing and raining hard, and the clouds looking dull and stormy.

  • Pools of water stood in the miry streets, and every aspect of nature was cheerless and desolate.

  • The night wind sweeps across the cheerless park, chilling us to the bone.

  • It is not, however, quite so barren and cheerless as in the immediate precincts of Dover.

  • It was a cheerless morning, the sky being heavy and of slaty hue, whilst a brisk north-easter blew cold off the water.