humdrum
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈhʌm.drʌm]
- 美式音标 [ˈhʌmˌdrʌm]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adj. 单调的；无聊的
- n. 单调；乏味
- vi. 单调乏味地进行
词根记忆
- hum(嗡嗡声) + drum(鼓声)→单调的
- hum(嗡嗡声) + drum(击鼓)→一直嗡嗡地击鼓太单调了→单调的
英汉例句
- Imagination raises a man above the humdrum of life.
想象使人从单调无聊的生活中解脱出来. - The accountant said it was the most humdrum day that she had ever passed.
会计师说这是她所度过的最无聊的一天. - It was a narrow, humdrum place.
那是个狭窄 、 枯燥的地方. - The accountant said it was the most humdrum day that she had ever passed.
会计师说这是她所度过的最无聊的一天. - Their lives consist of the humdrum activities of everyday existence.
他们的生活由日常生存的平凡活动所构成.
词组短语
- humdrum job 单调的工作
- Humdrum School 中所谓的写实推理
- Visual humdrum 视单调
- humdrum chores 乏味的日常杂物
- humdrum video 无聊的片段