dour

Word family adverbdourlyadjectivedournoundourness

dour /dʊə, ˈdaʊə $ daʊr, dʊr/ adjectiveadj

1. UNFRIENDLYserious, never smiling, and unfriendly 严厉的，冷峻的

2. FRIGHTENEDa dour place is one that is plain and dull, and where people do not have any fun 〔地方〕死气沉沉的，无生气的

—dourly adverbadv

Examples from the Corpus

dour• In spite of what some nonscientists think, scientists are not necessarily dour.• His expression seems dour, chastened around the edges.• Nelly watched the thoughts chasing each other across his dour countenance.• And the only nickname anyone has come up with for the dour former Stanford star is, well, Mike.• a dour reminder• It was a dour struggle between two workmanlike teams.• The Neo-Expressionists mostly seem too dour to qualify - and most do not make prints on a sufficiently regular basis.

Origin dour

(1300-1400) Gaelic dur, perhaps from Latin durus “hard”

词汇	dour
释义	dour Word family adverbdourlyadjectivedournoundourness dour /dʊə, ˈdaʊə $ daʊr, dʊr/ adjectiveadj 1. UNFRIENDLYserious, never smiling, and unfriendly 严厉的，冷峻的 2. FRIGHTENEDa dour place is one that is plain and dull, and where people do not have any fun 〔地方〕死气沉沉的，无生气的 —dourly adverbadv Examples from the Corpus dour• In spite of what some nonscientists think, scientists are not necessarily dour.• His expression seems dour, chastened around the edges.• Nelly watched the thoughts chasing each other across his dour countenance.• And the only nickname anyone has come up with for the dour former Stanford star is, well, Mike.• a dour reminder• It was a dour struggle between two workmanlike teams.• The Neo-Expressionists mostly seem too dour to qualify - and most do not make prints on a sufficiently regular basis. Origin dour (1300-1400) Gaelic dur, perhaps from Latin durus “hard”
随便看	not give something a second glance not give something a second glance/look not give something a second look not give something a second thought not give something a second thought/another thought not give something a second thought/without a second thought not give something houseroom not give sth another thought not give sth a second glance not give sth a second look not give sth a second thought not give sth houseroom not give tuppence not go a bundle on not go a bundle on sb not go a bundle on somebody not go a bundle on something not go a bundle on something/somebody not go a bundle on sth not go far not half not half as not half as as not half as as sb not half as as somebody