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

• Brazilians look gloomily forward to a New Year that even the president admits will be grey and cheerless.
  展望新年，巴西人心情沮丧，甚至连总统都承认明年困难重重，不容乐观。
• The room struck cold and cheerless.
  这房间给人以寒冷阴郁的感觉。
• 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。
• It was a cold, cheerless, grey sort of morning.
  这是一个阴郁、灰暗而寒冷早晨。
• Bridging Reference: A Scenario-based Account; Against this cheerless backdrop The Boss of It All makes sense.
  搭桥参照：以图景为基础的解释方法对照这个凄凉的背景，「真假老板」显得顺理成章。
• 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。
• 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。
• Inside the orphanage, Dumbledore is led to a cheerless room and is greeted by the cold stare of the young Tom Riddle.
  在孤儿院里，邓不利多被带到一个冰冷的房间中，而少年汤姆·里德尔正用冰冷的目光凝望着他。
• 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？
• 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。