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
BNC.21472 / COCA.20321
牛津词典
adj.
- 铅灰色的
dull grey in colour, like lead- leaden skies
铅灰色的天空
- leaden skies
- 沉闷的;阴郁的;迟钝的;呆滞的
dull, heavy or slow- a leaden heart (= because you are sad)
沉重的心情
- a leaden heart (= because you are sad)
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.- 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。
- The weather was at its worst; bitterly cold, with leaden skies that gave minimum visibility.
- ADJ (谈话或文章)乏味的,沉闷的
Aleadenconversation or piece of writing is not very interesting.- ...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
- ...a leaden English translation from the Latin.
- 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.- He heard the father's leaden footsteps move down the stairs.
他听见父亲蹇步下楼。
- He heard the father's leaden footsteps move down the stairs.
英英释义
adj
- darkened with overcast
- a dark day
- a dull sky
- the sky was leaden and thick
- lacking lightness or liveliness
- heavy humor
- a leaden conversation
- (of movement) slow and laborious
- leaden steps
- made heavy or weighted down with weariness
- his leaden arms
- weighted eyelids
- made of lead
- a leaden weight
双语例句
- Lust trailed itself through the rooms with leaden feet.
邪恶的欲念拖着沉重的脚步走过这几间屋子。 - 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。 - It protects a sealed glass phial containing seawater collected on the calmest of days when the water was leaden.
它保护著一只密封的小玻璃瓶,瓶中是在最平静的日子、海面风平浪静时所收集的海水。 - And Wu sun-fu's heart felt as leaden as the sky.
吴荪甫心里也像挂着一块铅。 - Within my heart, the climate seemed as parched of rain as this leaden sky, for a long time not a single tear of tenderness had fallen from my arid eyes.
我心甘情愿里的气候也和这北方大陆一样缺少寸量,一滴温柔的泪在我枯涩眼里,如迟疑在这阴觉的天空里的雨点,久不落下。 - She was pleasant, even cheerful, but there was a leaden weight in her heart as she realized how foolish she had been.
她高兴愉快,可是心里却有点沉重,她认识到自己太愚蠢了。 - 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。 - His pass described a perfect arc through the leaden sky.
他的传球在阴沉的天空中划出了一道完美的弧线。 - 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; - The stars were faint and small. The moon had set or been swallowed up by grey, leaden clouds.
星光是那样微小,月亮也许落下去了,也许被灰色的和土色的云彩所遮蔽。