dreich

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /dɹiːk/|/dɹiːx/    美 /dɹik/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A tedious or troublesome task; also, the most tedious or troublesome part of a task. Midlands,North,Northern-England,Northern-Ireland,Scotland
  2. Bleakness, gloom; specifically, gloomy (cold, overcast, rainy, etc.) weather. Midlands,North,Northern-England,Northern-Ireland,Scotland
形容词 adj.
  1. Extending for a long distance or time, especially when tedious or wearisome; long-drawn-out, protracted; also, of speech or writing: unnecessarily verbose; long-winded. Midlands,North,Northern-England,Northern-Ireland,Scotland
    — So Alec showed her the letter, 'twas long and dreich and went on and on; […]
  2. Not enjoyable or interesting; boring, dull. Midlands,North,Northern-England,Northern-Ireland,Scotland
    — VVhen thou an' I vvere young an' ſkiegh, / An' ſtable-meals at Fairs vvere driegh, / Hovv thou vvad prance, an' ſnore, an' ſkriegh, / An' tak the road!
  3. Bleak, cheerless, dismal, dreary, miserable. Midlands,North,Northern-England,Northern-Ireland,Scotland
    — But he's lying i' such dree poverty,—and niver a friend to go near him,—niver a person to speak a kind word t' him.
    The most cheerless soul could see he had sunlight in his eye, / And there's none his equal left in the town.
  4. suitably serious or solemn Midlands,North,Northern-England,Northern-Ireland,Scotland
  5. of a person: patient, stoic, tolerant, resolute Midlands,North,Northern-England,Northern-Ireland,Scotland
  6. Slow, sluggish; specifically, of a person: tending to delay or procrastinate (especially when paying for something). Midlands,North,Northern-England,Northern-Ireland,Scotland
    — What think ye o' yon bonny hill yonder, lifting its brow to the moon? […] [M]aybe we will win there the night yet, God sain us, though our minny [a horse] here's rather driegh in the upgang.
  7. Of a person: having a dejected or serious appearance or mood; dour, gloomy, moody, morose, sullen. Midlands,North,Northern-England,Northern-Ireland,Scotland
    — There they are that were capering on their prancing nags four days since, and they are now ganging as driegh and sober as oursells the day.
  8. Of a task: laborious, tedious, troublesome; hence, needing concentration to understand; intricate. Midlands,North,Northern-England,Northern-Ireland,Scotland
    — Right above your head some thing towered up with branching arms in the flow of the lights; and you saw that it was a cross of stone, overlaid with curlecues, strange, dreich signs, like the banners of the Roman robbers of men whom you'd preached against in Zion last night.
  9. Chiefly of rain: without pause or stop; continuous, incessant. Midlands,North,Northern-England,Northern-Ireland,Scotland
    — So, after two hours' running downhill, we came out in the level valley at Glashütte. It was raining now, a thick dree rain.
  10. Of weather: dreary, gloomy (cold, overcast, rainy, etc.). Midlands,North,Northern-England,Northern-Ireland,Scotland
    — To be sure, t' winter's been a dree season, and thou'rt, maybe, in the right on't to make a late start.
  11. Of a person: negotiating forcefully; driving a hard bargain. Midlands,North,Northern-England,Northern-Ireland,Scotland
  12. Of a place (especially a hill or mountain): difficult to get through or reach; inaccessible. Midlands,North,Northern-England,Northern-Ireland,Scotland

词形变化

dreicher comparative dreichest superlative dree alternative dreigh alternative dreegh alternative dreiches plural

词汇关系

衍生词
dree dreichly

词源

词源 1
The adjective is borrowed from Scots dreich (“hard to bear, dreary, tedious, wearisome; interminable, long-winded; dull, uninteresting; slow, tardy; doleful, gloomy; baffling, difficult; difficult to reach, inaccessible”), from Middle English dregh, dri, drie (“burdensome; depressing, dismal; large, tall; lasting, long; long-suffering, patient; tedious; of blows: hard, heavy; of the face: unchanging, unmoved; of a person: strong, valorous”) [and other forms], from Old English *drēog, drēoh (“earnest; fit; sober”), and then probably partly:
* shortened from Old English ġedrēog (“calm, quiet; sober; fit, suitable”, adjective), from ġe- (prefix forming adjectives of association or similarity) + Proto-Germanic *dreugaz (“enduring, lasting”) (from *dreuganą (“to serve, be a retainer”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ- (“to serve one’s tribe; loyal”)); and
* influenced by Old Norse drjúgr (“sufficient; excessive, very; great; strong”), from Proto-Germanic *dreugaz (see above).
The noun is probably partly derived:
* from the adjective; and
* borrowed from Scots dreich (“dreariness, gloom”) (rare), probably from Middle English dri, drie (“annoyance, trouble; grief; period of time”) [and other forms], possibly from dri, drie (adjective) (see above).
(Compare Old English ġedrēog (“seemliness; seriousness, sobriety; something appropriate or required”, noun), which did not survive into Middle English.)
Cognates
* German Low German drēg, drēge
* Icelandic drjúgur (“ample; heavy, substantial; long”)
* North Frisian drech
* Old Danish drygh (modern Danish drøj (“heavy; solid, tough”))
* Old Swedish drygher (modern Swedish dryg (“ample, liberal; hard; large; lasting”))
* Saterland Frisian drjooch
* Scots dreich
* West Frisian dreech, drege (“extensive; long-lasting”)
词源 2
The adjective is borrowed from Scots dreich (“hard to bear, dreary, tedious, wearisome; interminable, long-winded; dull, uninteresting; slow, tardy; doleful, gloomy; baffling, difficult; difficult to reach, inaccessible”), from Middle English dregh, dri, drie (“burdensome; depressing, dismal; large, tall; lasting, long; long-suffering, patient; tedious; of blows: hard, heavy; of the face: unchanging, unmoved; of a person: strong, valorous”) [and other forms], from Old English *drēog, drēoh (“earnest; fit; sober”), and then probably partly:
* shortened from Old English ġedrēog (“calm, quiet; sober; fit, suitable”, adjective), from ġe- (prefix forming adjectives of association or similarity) + Proto-Germanic *dreugaz (“enduring, lasting”) (from *dreuganą (“to serve, be a retainer”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ- (“to serve one’s tribe; loyal”)); and
* influenced by Old Norse drjúgr (“sufficient; excessive, very; great; strong”), from Proto-Germanic *dreugaz (see above).
The noun is probably partly derived:
* from the adjective; and
* borrowed from Scots dreich (“dreariness, gloom”) (rare), probably from Middle English dri, drie (“annoyance, trouble; grief; period of time”) [and other forms], possibly from dri, drie (adjective) (see above).
(Compare Old English ġedrēog (“seemliness; seriousness, sobriety; something appropriate or required”, noun), which did not survive into Middle English.)
Cognates
* German Low German drēg, drēge
* Icelandic drjúgur (“ample; heavy, substantial; long”)
* North Frisian drech
* Old Danish drygh (modern Danish drøj (“heavy; solid, tough”))
* Old Swedish drygher (modern Swedish dryg (“ample, liberal; hard; large; lasting”))
* Saterland Frisian drjooch
* Scots dreich
* West Frisian dreech, drege (“extensive; long-lasting”)
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