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单词 humdrum
释义
humdrum
adjective
uk
/ˈhʌm.drʌm/us
/ˈhʌm.drʌm/
having noexcitement,interest, or new and differentevents:
乏味的，单调的，令人厌倦的
Weleadsuch a humdrumlife/existence.我们的生活／日子过得真是乏味。
Most of theworkisfairlyhumdrum.这工作大部分都相当单调。
Synonyms
ordinary
unglamorous
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
not interesting or exciting
  • boringThat was such a boring film I nearly fell asleep during it.
  • excruciatingShe went over the plot of the book in excruciating detail.
  • deadlyHis latest film was just deadly. I left after the first hour!
  • mind-numbingThe incident was described in a mind-numbing, 400-page report so dense that no one read it.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Plain and ordinary
  • as it comesidiom
  • austere
  • austerely
  • austerity
  • average Joe
  • generalized
  • homeliness
  • homely
  • homespun
  • homey
  • run-of-the-mill
  • severe
  • severely
  • simple
  • something/nothing to shout aboutidiom
  • unoriginal
  • unostentatiously
  • unremarkable
  • well trodden
  • workaday
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Tedious and uninspiring
(Definition ofhumdrumfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

humdrum| American Dictionary

humdrum
adjective
us
/ˈhʌmˌdrʌm/
lackingexcitementandinterest;ordinary:
Weleadsuch a humdrumlife/existence.
(Definition ofhumdrumfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhumdrum

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But all these only briefly interrupted an otherwisehumdrumexistence.
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The polite urbanites of the eighteenth century desired separation; they wanted the street cleared of noisy,humdrumperformers.
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In the fantastic scenes, such patterns comprise the exotic pages of the score, while the modal and octatonic passages comprise the familiar,humdrumones.
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We may fancy an exotic past that contrasts with ahumdrumor unhappy present, but we forge it with modern tools.
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Nor is it outrageous that intellectual historians and literary scholars have lavished more attention on them than on morehumdrumcontemporaries.
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Many reduplications are of this sort - dilly-dally, harum-scarum,humdrum, mumbo-jumbo, namby-pamby.
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From the perspective of outsiders, linguistic theory may indeed be a heady realm, and language teachinghumdrumpractice.
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For the vocal-rhythmicalhumdrumof lines 3 and 4 is an effect that lines 1 and 2 have set off.
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This is a morehumdrumwork.
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The urban district councils of the smaller boroughs grind away at what is an arduous andhumdrumtask.
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They see defence and defence expenditure as inviolate, separate from the prosaic andhumdrumproblems of every day.
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I should have thought that he would have said something but his speech was no more than ahumdrumlittle homily.
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They range from quiet, perhaps sometimeshumdrum, roles to the most dangerous and demanding tasks.
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This brings me back to the facts of life, to thehumdrumrealities of economics and politics.
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To-day is a relatively quiet day when we are talking abouthumdrumaffairs such as concern domestic matters.
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