| 释义 |
dullify, v. colloq.|ˈdʌlɪfaɪ|
[see -fy.]
trans. To render dull, to dull. So dullifiˈcation nonce-wd. (in quot., something that makes one dull).
1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 38 Watry humidity doth..dullify the strength of every sapour. 1838Mrs. Carlyle Lett. I. 104 Preternatural intensity of sensation..which I study to keep down with such dullifying appliances as offer themselves. 1846Moore Mem. (1856) VIII. 20 The long and dullyfying dose. 1855Doran Hanover. Queens II. vii. 275 The princess called her mother's court a ‘Dullification’. |