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1 to dull away the time
to dull away the timematar o tempo, estar ocioso. -
2 dull
1) (slow to learn or to understand: The clever children help the dull ones.) estúpido2) (not bright or clear: a dull day.) encoberto3) (not exciting or interesting: a very dull book.) enfadonho•- dully- dullness* * *[d∧l] vt+vi 1 tornar(-se) estúpido. 2 estupeficar, entorpecer, pôr em estado de inércia física e moral, tirar a energia, insensibilizar, mitigar, atenuar, ensurdecer, tornar menos esperto, sutil, efetivo. time dulled the edge of his pain / o tempo atenuou a sua dor. 3 embotar, tirar o fio de uma faca. 4 embaçar, tornar baço, embotar a vista, tirar o brilho de, deslustrar, empanar. 5 amainar (o vento, etc.). • adj 1 estúpido, fátuo, pesado, obtuso, grosseiro. 2 inerte, vagaroso, moroso, lerdo, fraco, frouxo. 3 triste, melancólico, embotado, insípido, insensível, maçante, enfadonho. 4 baço, escuro, empanado, nublado, sombrio, desluzido, pouco transparente. 5 cego (diz-se de um gume), sem corte. 6 morto, surdo, mouco, tedioso, fastidioso, lânguido. 7 weather nublado, carregado. 8 vago, impreciso. dull of hearing duro de ouvido, mouco. to dull away the time matar o tempo, estar ocioso. to feel dull aborrecer-se, enfastiar-se, enfadar-se. -
3 drone
[drəun] 1. noun1) (the male of the bee.) zangão2) (a person who is lazy and idle.) malandro3) (a deep, humming sound: the distant drone of traffic.) zumbido2. verb1) (to make a low, humming sound: An aeroplane droned overhead.) zumbir2) (to speak in a dull, boring voice: The lecturer droned on and on.) desfiar uma cantilena* * *[droun] n 1 Ent zangão. 2 fig parasita, ocioso, vadio. 3 zumbido, zunido, ronco. 4 som contínuo e monótono. 5 Mus bordão. 6 avião teleguiado. 7 som grave produzido pelos tubos contrabaixos na gaita de foles. • vt+vi 1 vadiar, mandriar, passar vida ociosa. 2 falar em tom monótono ou sonolento. 3 zumbir, zunir, sussurrar, roncar. to drone away the time matar o tempo.
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