音标:['daʊə(r)] ;
adj. 阴郁的;严厉的;执拗的;(土地)荒瘠不毛的
[网络] 阴沉的;倔强的;嶙峋的

dour的用法和样例:

例句

用作形容词(adj.)
  1. I'm sick of dour faces staring at me from the T. V. tower.我厌倦了电视台里瞪着我的那些严厉的面孔。
  2. He was a silent, precise man with a dour nature and a hard Aberdonian accent.他是一个沉默寡言、一丝不苟的人,性格倔强,带有很重的阿伯丁港的口音。
  3. She always pretends to be dour, in fact, she's not.她总表现的不爱讲话,事实却相反。
  4. When it comes to more mainstream services, staff are dour and unhelpful.当它涉及更多主流的服务时职员就会变得阴郁和无助。

词汇搭配

  • War dour-street English古腔古调的英语,拟古...

经典引文

  • He led a dour and hard lyfe.

    出自:J. Dalrymple
  • Tostig is a man..dour and haughty.

    出自:Lytton
  • Never again would dour fields lie Quite so forbidding, stones be so bare.

    出自:F. Ormsby
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