Dullness

(noun.) without sharpness or clearness of edge or point; 'the dullness of the pencil made his writing illegible'.

(noun.) lack of sensibility; 'there was a dullness in his heart'; 'without him the dullness of her life crept into her work no matter how she tried to compartmentalize it.'.

(noun.) a lack of visual brightness; 'the brightness of the orange sky was reflected in the dullness of the orange sea'.

(noun.) the quality of lacking interestingness; 'the stories were of a dullness to bring a buffalo to its knees'.

(noun.) the quality of being slow to understand.

编辑:普鲁登斯

• Always to be right, always to trample forward, and never to doubt, are not these the great qualities with which dullness takes the lead in the world? 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• The imperfections of his mind run parallel with those of his body, being a composition of spleen, dullness, ignorance, caprice, sensuality, and pride. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• The Dedlock town house changes not externally, and hours pass before its exalted dullness is disturbed within. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• It's confoundedly dull, anyhow; New York is dying of dullness, Beaufort grumbled. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• I noticed a curious dimness and dullness in her eyes--not as if she had been crying but as if she had been looking at something too long. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Indeed it is not even an opinion, darling, for it is only a confession of my dullness. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Dullness is as much produced within doors as without, by rain. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.

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