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

• A starless sky with a solitary moon would be dull and cheerless, why not let there be a moonlit night resplendent with twinkling stars?
  只有一颗月亮而没有星星点缀的夜空将是单调无趣的，何不让它成为一个月光照耀、星光闪烁的美好夜晚呢？
• 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。
• Cheerless is the day, the light under frowning clouds is like a punished child with traces of tears on its pale cheeks, and the cry of the wind is like the cry of a wounded world.
  这一天是不快活的。光在蹙额的云下，如一个被责打的儿童，灰白的脸上留着泪痕；风又号叫着，似一个受伤的世界的哭声。
• 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。
• They came back quiet and cheerless.
  他们回来了，闷闷不乐。
• With Mr Heathcliff, grim and saturnine, on the one hand, and Hareton, absolutely dumb, on the other, I made a somewhat cheerless meal, and bid adieu early.
  在我的一边坐的是希刺克厉夫先生，冷酷而阴沉，另一边是哈里顿，一声也不吭，我吃了一顿多少有点不愉快的饭，就早早的辞去了。
• 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。
• Without the illuminate of sunshine, the world will be how doleful cold and cheerless.
  没有阳光的照射，世界将是多么的寂寞冷清。
• The cheerless surroundings had no effect on her.
  令人泄气的环境对她毫无影响。
• 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。