首页英语词典ho-humho-hum英英释意

ho-hum

英 ['həu'hʌm] 美
  • int. 打哈欠时的声音
  • adj. 沉闷乏味的
  • vi. 发出嗬哼姆声

英英释意


1. so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness;
"a boring evening with uninteresting people"
"the deadening effect of some routine tasks"
"a dull play"
"his competent but dull performance"
"a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"
"what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke
"tedious days on the train"
"the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain
"other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome"