boredom
- 英式英标[\'bɔrdəm]
- 美式音标[\'bɔːdəm]
英文词源
- boredom (n.)
- "state of being bored," 1852, from bore (v.1) + -dom. It also has been employed in a sense "bores as a class" (1883) and "practice of being a bore" (1864, a sense properly belonging to boreism, 1833).
实用例句
- 1. Only a uniformed guard stultified with boredom might have overheard them.
- 只有一名穿制服的无聊警卫可能偷听到了他们的谈话。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Meanwhile, the boredom is excruciating.
- 同时，又无聊得让人苦恼不已。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. People went bananas with boredom.
- 人们闷得发狂。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. I started to eat too much out of sheer boredom.
- 由于实在闲极无聊，我开始无节制地大吃起来。
来自《权威词典》
- 5. the double-edged quality of life in a small town—security and boredom
- 小城镇生活的双重性—安全但乏味
来自《权威词典》