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

• 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。
• 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。
• He overlooked the land, which was still a vast expanse of whiteness. Suddenly, a leaden object jumped into his eyes.
  突然，一个深灰色的物体映入眼帘。
• 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。
• 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。
• And Wu sun-fu's heart felt as leaden as the sky.
  吴荪甫心里也像挂着一块铅。
• It fell with a leaden weight on Isabel's ears.
  这在伊莎贝尔听来象铅块一样沉重。
• 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。
• Soon November will be approaching with its autumn storms and leaden clouds hanging above your head like soaking wet rags.
  霎时间，十一月与秋之狂风结伴将至，悬在头顶的浓云如湿润润的抹布。
• 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。