leaden

英 [ˈledn]

美 [ˈledn]

adj.  铅灰色的; 沉闷的; 阴郁的; 迟钝的; 呆滞的

现在分词：leadening　

机械

BNC.21472 / COCA.20321

牛津词典

adj.

• 铅灰色的
  dull grey in colour, like lead
  1. leaden skies
     铅灰色的天空
• 沉闷的；阴郁的；迟钝的；呆滞的
  dull, heavy or slow
  1. a leaden heart (= because you are sad)
     沉重的心情

柯林斯词典

• ADJ （天空或海水）铅灰色的
  Aleadensky or sea is dark grey and has no movement of clouds or waves.
  1. The weather was at its worst; bitterly cold, with leaden skies that gave minimum visibility.
     天气极其恶劣。寒风凛冽，天色晦暗，能见度极低。
• ADJ （谈话或文章）乏味的，沉闷的
  Aleadenconversation or piece of writing is not very interesting.
  1. ...a leaden English translation from the Latin.
     一篇从拉丁文翻译过来的沉闷的英译文章
• ADJ （通常指因疲劳而行动）蹇缓的，迟缓的，沉重的
  If your movements areleaden, you move slowly and heavily, usually because you are tired.
  1. He heard the father's leaden footsteps move down the stairs.
     他听见父亲蹇步下楼。

英英释义

adj

• darkened with overcast
  1. a dark day
  2. a dull sky
  3. the sky was leaden and thick
  Synonym:dull
• lacking lightness or liveliness
  1. heavy humor
  2. a leaden conversation
  Synonym:heavy
• (of movement) slow and laborious
  1. leaden steps
  Synonym:plodding
• made heavy or weighted down with weariness
  1. his leaden arms
  2. weighted eyelids
  Synonym:weighted
• made of lead
  1. a leaden weight

双语例句

• Grey trees, grey earth, grey houses lay silently beneath the leaden sky.
  灰色的树木，灰色的土地，灰色的房屋，都静静的立在灰黄色的天下；
• And Wu sun-fu's heart felt as leaden as the sky.
  吴荪甫心里也像挂着一块铅。
• In youth the hours are golden in mature years they are silver, in old age they are leaden.
  青年时代是黄金的，壮年时代是白银的，老年时代是灰铅的。
• The heavy long sleeves were leaden with the deep sadness.
  舞袖沉沉，凝聚着满怀愁绪。
• Inside the pagoda, there is a small India-made iron stupa, in which some remains of Skt Sakyamuni are kept. then the abbot's pillory, a pretty little round tower, well capped with a leaden cone;
  塔内还有一印度小铁塔，释迎牟尼舍利子便安放在小铁塔内。接着是寺院住持的耻辱柱，那是漂亮的小圆塔，塔顶有个铅皮的塔锥。
• My steps felt slow and leaden.
  我的步子显得缓慢而沉重。
• Edward raised his head, looked at his mother, and then, finding that she did not confirm the order, began cutting off the heads of his leaden soldiers.
  爱德华抬起头来，看看他的母亲，发觉她并没有认可父亲的命令，便开始割他那些小铅笔头。
• He overlooked the land, which was still a vast expanse of whiteness. Suddenly, a leaden object jumped into his eyes.
  突然，一个深灰色的物体映入眼帘。
• He heard the father's leaden footsteps move down the stairs.
  他听见父亲蹇步下楼。
• I did not know what to say, submerged in silence like a leaden well that I endured in the chatter of the room.
  我不知道说什么好，陷入古井般的，在这里聊天时我通常都保持的那种沉默。