| 词汇 | humdrum |
| 释义 | humdrum adjective uk /ˈhʌm.drʌm/ us /ˈhʌm.drʌm/ having no excitement, interest, or new and different events: 乏味的，单调的，令人厌倦的 humdrum life/existenceWe lead such a humdrum life/existence.我们的生活／日子过得真是乏味。 Most of the work is fairly humdrum.这工作大部分都相当单调。 Synonyms ordinary unglamorous not interesting or exciting boringThat was such a boring film I nearly fell asleep during it. excruciatingShe went over the plot of the book in excruciating detail. deadlyHis latest film was just deadly. I left after the first hour! mind-numbingThe incident was described in a mind-numbing, 400-page report so dense that no one read it. Plain and ordinary as it comesidiom austere austerely austerity average Joe homespun homey humble middle-of-the-road mundane sparely spartan stale starkly starkness unostentatious unostentatiously unpainted unremarkable unremarkably You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Tedious and uninspiring humdrum | American Dictionaryhumdrum adjective us/ˈhʌmˌdrʌm/ lacking excitement and interest; ordinary: We lead such a humdrum life/existence. Examples of humdrumhumdrum But all these only briefly interrupted an otherwise humdrum existence. The polite urbanites of the eighteenth century desired separation; they wanted the street cleared of noisy, humdrum performers. In the fantastic scenes, such patterns comprise the exotic pages of the score, while the modal and octatonic passages comprise the familiar, humdrum ones. We may fancy an exotic past that contrasts with a humdrum or unhappy present, but we forge it with modern tools. Nor is it outrageous that intellectual historians and literary scholars have lavished more attention on them than on more humdrum contemporaries. Many reduplications are of this sort - dilly-dally, harum-scarum, humdrum, mumbo-jumbo, namby-pamby. From the perspective of outsiders, linguistic theory may indeed be a heady realm, and language teaching humdrum practice. For the vocal-rhythmical humdrum of lines 3 and 4 is an effect that lines 1 and 2 have set off. This is a more humdrum work. The urban district councils of the smaller boroughs grind away at what is an arduous and humdrum task. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They see defence and defence expenditure as inviolate, separate from the prosaic and humdrum problems of every day. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I should have thought that he would have said something but his speech was no more than a humdrum little homily. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They range from quiet, perhaps sometimes humdrum, roles to the most dangerous and demanding tasks. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This brings me back to the facts of life, to the humdrum realities of economics and politics. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To-day is a relatively quiet day when we are talking about humdrum affairs such as concern domestic matters. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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