单词 | bleak |
释义 | bleak bleak1 —bleakish, adj. —bleakly, adv. —bleakness, n. /bleek/, adj., bleaker, bleakest. 1. bare, desolate, and often windswept: a bleak plain. 2. cold and piercing; raw: a bleak wind. 3. without hope or encouragement; depressing; dreary: a bleak future. [1300-50; ME bleke pale, b. variants bleche (OE blaec) and blake (OE blac); both c. ON bleikr, G bleich; akin to BLEACH] Syn. 3. See austere. bleak2 /bleek/, n. a European freshwater fish, Alburnus alburnus, having scales with a silvery pigment that is used in the production of artificial pearls. [1400-50; late ME bleke, n. use of bleke pale; see BLEAK1] |
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