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humdrum

/huhm-druhm/US // ˈhʌmˌdrʌm //UK // (ˈhʌmˌdrʌm) //

烦闷,低调,俗气,烦人

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : lacking variety; boring; dull: a humdrum existence.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : humdrum character or routine; monotony.
    • : monotonous or tedious talk.
    • : Archaic. a dull, boring person.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.boring, uneventful
Synonyms
drab单调的,单调,单调乏味,暗淡dreary枯燥乏味,枯燥乏味的,枯燥无味的,枯燥无味everyday每天,每日,日常,每天都有monotonous单调乏味,单调的,单调,亘古不变mundane无聊,无聊的,无聊的事,世俗plodding步履蹒跚,步履蹒跚的,缓慢的,蹒跚而行tedious乏味的,乏味,烦琐的,烦人的uninteresting无趣,无趣的,无趣的人,无聊blah扯淡,扯蛋,扯淡的人,扯淡的common常见的,普通,共同,共同的commonplace平凡的,平凡,平凡的事,平凡的事物monotone单调,单声道,单调的,单音ordinary普通,普通的,寻常,一般pedestrian行人,人行道,人行,人工routine常规,例行公事,日常工作,常规的treadmill跑步机,踏步机,踏车,踩踏车vanilla香草,香草园,香草花,香草糖arid旱地,旱灾,旱区,旱季banausic梵音,梵高音乐,梵蒂冈,梵高bromidic溴化,溴化物,溴化作用,溴酸dim暗淡,昏暗,昏暗的,暗淡无光dime a dozen一毛不拔,一文不值,一钱不值,一钱不值的dull枯燥乏味,枯燥无味,枯燥的,沉闷的garden-variety花园式的,园林类,园丁类insipid寡淡无味,索然无味,淡淡的,寡淡lifeless无生命,无生命的,无生命力,没有生命力prosy潜在的,潜在,潜在客户,潜在用户repetitious反复无常,反复无常的,屡次,重复的tiresome无聊的,无聊,令人厌烦的,令人厌烦toneless无音调,无声,无声无息,无声的unvaried不变的,无变化的,变化无常的,变化无常wearisome疲惫不堪,疲惫不堪的,疲惫,疲倦white-bread白面包,白色面包,白饼,白皮书

Examples

  • Variants of the original SARS-CoV-2 virus have popped up in different corners of the world and while that might sound a bit scary it’s actually perfectly normal, or even “humdrum” as one Nature study puts it.

  • On paper, the basic announcement may look humdrum to savvy modern-gaming fans.

  • Narrator Jasmin Richardson improves on humdrum product descriptions by ad libbing jokes and inserting wry observations throughout the almost four-hour audio track.

  • But for some teens ISIS seems to symbolize power and purpose, a great drama promising deliverance from the humdrum.

  • Most stars in the Milky Way have humdrum lives, tracing slow predictable orbits around the galactic center.

  • Three things stand out in this simultaneously remarkable and humdrum bit of film.

  • After all, who would want to watch a show about the humdrum life of a high school chemistry teacher with decent health insurance?

  • It requires months—years, even—of archival research and humdrum detective work.

  • One must employ one's self in some way, and we live such a humdrum life here that there is chance for very little variety.

  • In this humdrum place, that is so cool and quiet, and to me so congenial, there is but one interesting walk.

  • The winter became severe and stormy, confining us much to the house, and obliging us to lead very humdrum sort of lives.

  • The sameness, the humdrum tediousness of the everyday life drives them to the city.

  • Byrons life at Pisa, as afterwards at Genoa, was what most people would call a humdrum, dull existence.