用作定语
▲～+n.
Addressing envelopes all the time is dreary work.老是往信封上写地址是件乏味的工作。
It was the dreariest job I had ever done.那是我所做过的最沉闷的工作。
I'm afraid it's been a dreary instead of a sunny autumn.恐怕已是阴郁的秋天，而不是阳光明媚的秋天了。

［派生词］ drearily adv. 沮丧地，阴沉地，忧郁地；令人厌烦地；单调地，枯燥地‖dreariness n. 沮丧，阴沉，忧郁；单调，枯燥