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

• It was the end of November and the day was very cheerless.
  已经是十一月底了，天色十分阴暗。
• The room struck cold and cheerless.
  这房间给人以寒冷阴郁的感觉。
• The reason I don't like the third one is I don't like animals on the pictures and I think it looks too cold and cheerless.
  我不喜欢第三个是因为我不喜欢有动物的画而且我认为它看起来太冷清。
• The cheerless surroundings had no effect on her.
  令人泄气的环境对她毫无影响。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。