doldrum

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈdɒldɹəm/    美 /ˈdɑldɹəm/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A slothful or stupid person. obsolete,slang
    — Were there no "tears and miseries," when the half-witted doldrums, thinking they were not big enough to be seen, put themselves on horseback, to bask and frolic in a procession, and meet their man-midwife, or surgeon, or whatever he is, who had left his business at Norwich, to go to London, for the purpose of administering their little nostrum to the Prince Regent?
形容词 adj.
  1. Boring, uninteresting.
    — She quit her doldrum job and left to seek a life of adventure.

词形变化

doldrums plural more doldrum comparative most doldrum superlative

词源

词源 1
The noun is possibly derived from dull or Middle English dold (past participle of dullen, dollen (“to make or become blunt or dull; to make or become dull-witted or stupid; to make or become inactive”), from dul, dol, dolle (“not sharp, blunt, dull; not quick-witted, stupid; lethargic, sluggish”); see further at dull), modelled after tantrum.
The adjective is probably derived from the noun.
词源 2
The noun is possibly derived from dull or Middle English dold (past participle of dullen, dollen (“to make or become blunt or dull; to make or become dull-witted or stupid; to make or become inactive”), from dul, dol, dolle (“not sharp, blunt, dull; not quick-witted, stupid; lethargic, sluggish”); see further at dull), modelled after tantrum.
The adjective is probably derived from the noun.
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