bleak 音标拼音: [bl'ik]
a . 萧瑟的,苍白的,荒凉的,阴冷的
萧瑟的,苍白的,荒凉的,阴冷的
bleak adj 1 :
offering little or no hope ; "
the future looked black ";
"
prospects were bleak "; "
Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult "-
J .
M .
Synge ; "
took a dim view of things " [
synonym : {
black }, {
bleak }, {
dim }]
2 :
providing no shelter or sustenance ; "
bare rocky hills ";
"
barren lands "; "
the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes "; "
the desolate surface of the moon "; "
a stark landscape " [
synonym : {
bare }, {
barren }, {
bleak }, {
desolate },
{
stark }]
3 :
unpleasantly cold and damp ; "
bleak winds of the North Atlantic " [
synonym : {
bleak }, {
cutting }, {
raw }]
Bleak \
Bleak \ (
bl [=
e ]
k ),
a . [
OE .
blac ,
bleyke ,
bleche ,
AS .
bl [=
a ]
c ,
bl [=
ae ]
c ,
pale ,
wan ;
akin to Icel .
bleikr ,
Sw .
blek ,
Dan .
bleg ,
OS .
bl [=
e ]
k ,
D .
bleek ,
OHG .
pleih ,
G .
bleich ;
all from the root of AS .
bl [
imac ]
can to shine ;
akin to OHG .
bl [
imac ]
chen to shine ;
cf .
L .
flagrare to burn ,
Gr .
fle `
gein to burn ,
shine ,
Skr .
bhr [=
a ]
j to shine ,
and E .
flame .
[
root ]
98 .
Cf . {
Bleach }, {
Blink }, {
Flame }.]
1 .
Without color ;
pale ;
pallid . [
Obs .]
[
1913 Webster ]
When she came out she looked as pale and as bleak as one that were laid out dead . --
Foxe .
[
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2 .
Desolate and exposed ;
swept by cold winds .
[
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Wastes too bleak to rear The common growth of earth ,
the foodful ear .
--
Wordsworth .
[
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At daybreak ,
on the bleak sea beach . --
Longfellow .
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3 .
Cold and cutting ;
cheerless ;
as ,
a bleak blast .
[
1913 Webster ] -- {
Bleak "
ish },
a . -- {
Bleak "
ly },
adv . --
{
Bleak "
ness },
n .
[
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Bleak \
Bleak \,
n . [
From {
Bleak },
a .,
cf . {
Blay }.] (
Zool .)
A small European river fish ({
Leuciscus alburnus }),
of the family Cyprinid [
ae ];
the blay . [
Written also {
blick }.]
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
The silvery pigment lining the scales of the bleak is used in the manufacture of artificial pearls . --
Baird .
[
1913 Webster ]
134 Moby Thesaurus words for "
bleak ":
Siberian ,
affecting ,
afflictive ,
affording no hope ,
algid ,
apathetic ,
arctic ,
austere ,
bare ,
barren ,
below zero ,
biting ,
bitter ,
bitterly cold ,
black ,
blown ,
boreal ,
brisk ,
brumal ,
cheerless ,
chilly ,
cold ,
cold as charity ,
cold as death ,
cold as ice ,
cold as marble ,
comfortless ,
crisp ,
cutting ,
dark ,
deplorable ,
depressing ,
depressive ,
desolate ,
despairing ,
desperate ,
despondent ,
discomforting ,
disconsolate ,
disheartening ,
dismal ,
dismaying ,
distressful ,
distressing ,
dolorific ,
dolorogenic ,
dolorous ,
dour ,
drear ,
drearisome ,
dreary ,
exposed ,
forlorn ,
freezing ,
freezing cold ,
frigid ,
funebrial ,
funereal ,
gelid ,
glacial ,
gloomy ,
grave ,
gray ,
grievous ,
grim ,
hard ,
harsh ,
hibernal ,
hiemal ,
hopeless ,
hyperborean ,
ice -
cold ,
ice -
encrusted ,
icelike ,
icy ,
in despair ,
inclement ,
joyless ,
keen ,
lamentable ,
melancholy ,
mournful ,
moving ,
nipping ,
nippy ,
numbing ,
oppressive ,
painful ,
pathetic ,
penetrating ,
piercing ,
pinching ,
piteous ,
pitiable ,
poignant ,
raw ,
regrettable ,
rigorous ,
rueful ,
sad ,
saddening ,
saturnine ,
severe ,
sharp ,
sleety ,
slushy ,
snappy ,
solemn ,
somber ,
sombrous ,
sore ,
sorrowful ,
stone -
cold ,
stringent ,
subzero ,
supercooled ,
touching ,
triste ,
uncomfortable ,
unhappy ,
unhopeful ,
weariful ,
wearisome ,
weary ,
windblown ,
windswept ,
winterbound ,
winterlike ,
wintery ,
wintry ,
without hope ,
woebegone ,
woeful ,
wretched
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