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prosaic

/proh-zey-ik/US // proʊˈzeɪ ɪk //UK // (prəʊˈzeɪɪk) //

平淡无奇,平淡无奇的,俗气的,平庸

Related Words

mundane无聊,无聊的,无聊的事,世俗humdrum烦闷,低调,俗气,烦人drab单调的,单调,单调乏味,暗淡banal平庸的,平庸,平淡无奇,俗气everyday每天,每日,日常,每天都有workaday工作日,工作时间,工作,工作场所actual实际,实际的,实际情况blah扯淡,扯蛋,扯淡的人,扯淡的boring枯燥的,枯燥乏味,枯燥无味,沉闷的clean清洁,洁净,清洁的,洁净的colorless无色,无色的,无彩色,无色彩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dead死亡,死,死人,死的dry干,干燥的,干燥,干式dull枯燥乏味,枯燥无味,枯燥的,沉闷的factual实事求是,事实,实事求是的,事实的flat平坦的,平地,平坦,平的hackneyed乏味的,俗气的,乏味,俗气irksome烦人,烦人的,恼人的,恼人

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: a prosaic mind.
    • : of or having the character or form of prose, the ordinary form of spoken or written language, rather than of poetry.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.unimaginative
Synonyms
banal平庸的,平庸,平淡无奇,俗气drab单调的,单调,单调乏味,暗淡everyday每天,每日,日常,每天都有humdrum烦闷,低调,俗气,烦人mundane无聊,无聊的,无聊的事,世俗workaday工作日,工作时间,工作,工作场所actual实际,实际的,实际情况blah扯淡,扯蛋,扯淡的人,扯淡的boring枯燥的,枯燥乏味,枯燥无味,沉闷的clean清洁,洁净,清洁的,洁净的colorless无色,无色的,无彩色,无色彩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dead死亡,死,死人,死的diddly龌龊,龌龊的,龌龊地,愚蠢的dry干,干燥的,干燥,干式dull枯燥乏味,枯燥无味,枯燥的,沉闷的factual实事求是,事实,实事求是的,事实的flat平坦的,平地,平坦,平的garden-variety花园式的,园林类,园丁类hackneyed乏味的,俗气的,乏味,俗气ho-hum嗡嗡声,哼哼,嗡嗡叫,嗡嗡irksome烦人,烦人的,恼人的,恼人lackluster乏善可陈,乏味,乏味的,不怎么样lifeless无生命,无生命的,无生命力,没有生命力literal字面意义上的,字面上的,字面意义,字面意思lowly卑微的,卑贱的,卑微地,卑微lusterless无光泽,无光泽的,毫无光泽,没有光泽matter-of-fact实事求是,实事求是的,事实是,事实monotonous单调乏味,单调的,单调,亘古不变nothing没有什么,没什么,什么都没有,什么也没有nowhere无处不在,无处不在的,无路可走,无处可去ordinary普通,普通的,寻常,一般pabulum摆设,摆布,摆件,摆锤pedestrian行人,人行道,人行,人工platitudinous陈词滥调,陈词滥调的,老生常谈,俗话说plebeian庶民,庶族人,庶族,庶民阶层practicable切实可行,切实可行的,实际可行,实际可行的practical实用,实用的,实用性,实际prose散文,散文集,序言,散文集锦prosy潜在的,潜在,潜在客户,潜在用户routine常规,例行公事,日常工作,常规的square正方形,正方形的,正方,正直stale陈旧的,陈旧,陈腐的,陈旧不堪的tame驯服,驯服的,驯化,驯养tedious乏味的,乏味,烦琐的,烦人的trite陈词滥调,老套的,陈词滥调的,陈腐的uneventful平安无事,平稳的,平安无事的,平稳unexceptional不平凡,平平无奇,平凡的,不寻常uninspiring毫无新意,毫无新意的,不振奋人心,不振奋vanilla香草,香草园,香草花,香草糖vapid虚无缥缈,无趣,虚浮,虚浮的yawn打呵欠,打哈欠,呵欠,哈欠zero零,零度,零点,零的

Examples

  • The prosaic poetry of what passes for workaday life, all around, even in places and among people accustomed to danger.

  • Don’t miss out on a possible sale for something as prosaic as a needlessly complicated sign-up process.

  • Prosaic cow-punching was relegated to the rear and they looked eagerly forward to their several missions.

  • But it is startling indeed how suddenly sometimes the earth takes on a new wonderfulness, and Saint Prosaic a new halo.

  • Prosaic, unimaged, without poetry or myth, they dully persisted until pedlars appeared with Hellenic legends and wares.

  • Prosaic as these journeys may seem, they are nevertheless the inspiration of my hopes, the feeders of my visions.

  • Prosaic enough, however, was what she went on to tell him of her struggle for life by day and for learning by night.

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