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dour adj.严厉的；不爱讲话的；沉沉的 (1) 我厌倦了电视台里瞪着我的那些严厉的面孔。(2) 他是一个沉默寡言、一丝不苟的人，性格倔强，带有很重的阿伯丁港的口音。(3) 当它涉及更多主流的服务时职员就会变得阴郁和无助。 Dour and endure most likely come from the Latin word durus which means "hard." If something is hard to endure for a long enough time, it can make even the most happy-go-lucky person dour. Dour sounds like sour (or closer to "do-er"). It's a tomato/tamahto word, but either way — if you're in a sour mood, you have no sense of humor, and you're dour.

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英 ['daʊə(r)] 美 ['daʊər] (1) I'm sick of dour faces staring at me from the T. V. tower.(2) He was a silent, precise man with a dour nature and a hard Aberdonian accent.(3) When it comes to more mainstream services, staff are dour and unhelpful. Dour describes something sullen, gloomy, or persistent. You might look dour on your way to picking up your last check from the job you just got fired from, and people should get out of your way. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]严厉的；冷冰冰的 If you describe someone as dour, you mean that they are very serious and unfriendly. ...a dour, taciturn man...冷冰冰、不苟言笑的男子No wonder he looked so dour.难怪他看上去如此严厉。dourlyThe old man stared dourly at them.老人严厉地看着他们。

英语单词	dour
英美音标	英 ['daʊə(r)] 美 ['daʊər]
中文释义	adj.严厉的；不爱讲话的；沉沉的
英语例句	(1) I'm sick of dour faces staring at me from the T. V. tower. (2) He was a silent, precise man with a dour nature and a hard Aberdonian accent. (3) When it comes to more mainstream services, staff are dour and unhelpful.
中文例句	(1) 我厌倦了电视台里瞪着我的那些严厉的面孔。 (2) 他是一个沉默寡言、一丝不苟的人，性格倔强，带有很重的阿伯丁港的口音。 (3) 当它涉及更多主流的服务时职员就会变得阴郁和无助。
vocabulary简明	Dour describes something sullen, gloomy, or persistent. You might look dour on your way to picking up your last check from the job you just got fired from, and people should get out of your way.
vocabulary扩展	Dour and endure most likely come from the Latin word durus which means "hard." If something is hard to endure for a long enough time, it can make even the most happy-go-lucky person dour. Dour sounds like sour (or closer to "do-er"). It's a tomato/tamahto word, but either way — if you're in a sour mood, you have no sense of humor, and you're dour.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]严厉的；冷冰冰的 If you describe someone as dour, you mean that they are very serious and unfriendly. ...a dour, taciturn man... 冷冰冰、不苟言笑的男子 No wonder he looked so dour. 难怪他看上去如此严厉。 dourly The old man stared dourly at them. 老人严厉地看着他们。

Dour Man Hard Endure Sour 英 Daʊə(R)] 美 Daʊər