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lackluster adj.无光泽的；暗淡的；无生气的n.无光泽；暗淡 无生气；平凡 (1) 这位著名的音乐家演出迟到后平平淡淡地表演了一番，观众很失望，非常生气。 Shakespeare gave us the compound lackluster, first using the term in his play As You Like It. In 2:7, the character Jacques says, "And then he drew a dial from his poke, And, looking on it with lack-lustre eye..." Since Shakespeare first coined this word, it has been used to describe anything "blah"; lackluster sales would worry shop owners and a lackluster prom dress might help you blend in with the wallpaper.

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英 ['lækˌlʌstə] 美 ['lækˌlʌstə] (1) The audience was disappointed and rather angry when the famous musician performed in a lackluster manner after arriving late for the concert. Lackluster is a compound adjective that means what it sounds like: if something is lackluster it lacks luster; in other words, it is without brilliance, shine, or vitality. Think dull.

英语单词	lackluster
英美音标	英 ['lækˌlʌstə] 美 ['lækˌlʌstə]
中文释义	adj.无光泽的；暗淡的；无生气的 n.无光泽；暗淡无生气；平凡
英语例句	(1) The audience was disappointed and rather angry when the famous musician performed in a lackluster manner after arriving late for the concert.
中文例句	(1) 这位著名的音乐家演出迟到后平平淡淡地表演了一番，观众很失望，非常生气。
vocabulary简明	Lackluster is a compound adjective that means what it sounds like: if something is lackluster it lacks luster; in other words, it is without brilliance, shine, or vitality. Think dull.
vocabulary扩展	Shakespeare gave us the compound lackluster, first using the term in his play As You Like It. In 2:7, the character Jacques says, "And then he drew a dial from his poke, And, looking on it with lack-lustre eye..." Since Shakespeare first coined this word, it has been used to describe anything "blah"; lackluster sales would worry shop owners and a lackluster prom dress might help you blend in with the wallpaper.

Lackluster Compound Shakespeare 英 Lækˌlʌstə] 美 Lækˌlʌstə Adj.无光泽的；暗淡的；无生气的 N.无光泽；暗淡