单词 | bleak |
释义 | bleak 1 ![]() adj. bleak·er, bleak·est 1. a. Gloomy and somber: "Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult" (John Millington Synge). b. Providing no encouragement; depressing: a bleak prospect. 2. Cold and cutting; raw: bleak winds of the North Atlantic. 3. Exposed to the elements; unsheltered and barren: the bleak, treeless regions of the high Andes. [Middle English bleik, pale, from Old Norse bleikr, white; see bhel-1 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] bleakly adv. bleakness n. |
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