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

• The land is cheerless and barren, arid as the Sahara.
  这片土地荒凉而贫瘠，干旱得一如撒哈拉。
• The kitchen was dank and cheerless.
  厨房既潮湿又阴暗。
• 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。
• It was a cold, cheerless, grey sort of morning.
  这是一个阴郁、灰暗而寒冷早晨。
• Something cheerless about the room; a moody and uncheerful person; an uncheerful place.
  这个房间有些令人不快的东西；一个忧郁、不快乐的人；令人郁闷的地方。
• 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。
• If promotion was not done good, that may be cold and cheerless, of unmanned make inquires.
  如果推广没做好，那可能是冷冷清清，无人问津的。
• Breakfast will be a cheerless affair for the Prime Minister this morning.
  今天的早餐会让首相感觉全然无味。
• Had friends-my early friends are fled: How cheerless feels the heart alone, When all its former hopes are dead!
  有朋友早年的友谊已终结；孤苦的心灵怎能不忧郁，当原有的希望都黯然熄灭！
• The world had been so cheerless! My heart was a habitation large enough for many guests, but lonely and chill, and without a household fire.
  整个世界都是那么郁郁寡欢，我的心宽敞得可以容下好多客人，但孤寂而凄凉，没有一处家居的壁炉。