释义 |
dourdour /dʊə, ˈdaʊə $ daʊr, dʊr/ adjective dourOrigin: 1300-1400 Gaelic dur, perhaps from Latin durus ‘hard’ - And the only nickname anyone has come up with for the dour former Stanford star is, well, Mike.
- His expression seems dour, chastened around the edges.
- In spite of what some nonscientists think, scientists are not necessarily dour.
- It was a dour struggle between two workmanlike teams.
- Nelly watched the thoughts chasing each other across his dour countenance.
- The Neo-Expressionists mostly seem too dour to qualify - and most do not make prints on a sufficiently regular basis.
1serious, never smiling, and unfriendly2a dour place is one that is plain and dull, and where people do not have any fun—dourly adverb |