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单词 dourly
释义
dourdour /dʊə, ˈdaʊə $ daʊr, dʊr/ adjective Word Origin
WORD ORIGINdour
Origin:
1300-1400 Gaelic dur, perhaps from Latin durus ‘hard’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • a dour reminder
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • 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 fundourly adverb
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