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　

机械

BNC.21472 / COCA.20321

牛津词典

adj.

• 铅灰色的
  dull grey in colour, like lead
  1. leaden skies
     铅灰色的天空
• 沉闷的；阴郁的；迟钝的；呆滞的
  dull, heavy or slow
  1. a leaden heart (= because you are sad)
     沉重的心情

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.
  1. 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。
• ADJ （谈话或文章）乏味的，沉闷的
  Aleadenconversation or piece of writing is not very interesting.
  1. ...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
• 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.
  1. He heard the father's leaden footsteps move down the stairs.
     他听见父亲蹇步下楼。

英英释义

adj

• darkened with overcast
  1. a dark day
  2. a dull sky
  3. the sky was leaden and thick
  Synonym:dull
• lacking lightness or liveliness
  1. heavy humor
  2. a leaden conversation
  Synonym:heavy
• (of movement) slow and laborious
  1. leaden steps
  Synonym:plodding
• made heavy or weighted down with weariness
  1. his leaden arms
  2. weighted eyelids
  Synonym:weighted
• made of lead
  1. a leaden weight

双语例句

• In youth the hours are golden in mature years they are silver, in old age they are leaden.
  青年时代是黄金的，壮年时代是白银的，老年时代是灰铅的。
• Flashes of lightning lit up the dark, cloudy sky, whose uniform leaden gloom HAD by now broken up into patches of black and grey.
  闪电瞥过长空，照见满天的乌云现在不复是墨灰的一片，而是分了浓淡。
• They are hastening back to their warm wooden dovecote earlier than usual perhaps because they have mistaken the bleak leaden sky for nightfall or because of their presentiment of a storm.
  也许是误认这灰暗的凄冷的天空为夜色的来袭，或是也预感到风雨的将至，遂过早地飞回它们温暖的木舍。
• It was almost black, dotted with ugly leaden rain clouds.
  天上几乎已是一片乌黑，布满了一团团怕人的浓浓的积雨云。
• The conversation seemed leaden and awkward.
  谈话似乎显得沉闷而尴尬。
• Scarlett's heart went leaden as the last hope left her.
  思嘉的心情沉重起来，觉得最后一线希望也消失了。
• Scarlett slowly climbed the steps after him, her feet leaden.
  思嘉跟在他后面，慢腾腾地爬上台阶，两只脚沉重得像铅一般。
• The round leaden seal affixed to a papal bull.
  罗马教皇的圆形铅质的印章。
• Edward raised his head, looked at his mother, and then, finding that she did not confirm the order, began cutting off the heads of his leaden soldiers.
  爱德华抬起头来，看看他的母亲，发觉她并没有认可父亲的命令，便开始割他那些小铅笔头。
• 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。