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leaden 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Adjective
/ˈledn/,
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Dull, heavy, or slow,
  1. Dull, heavy, or slow
    • - his eyelids were leaden with sleep
  2. Of the color of lead; dull gray
    • - the snow fell from a leaden sky
  3. Made of lead
    • - a leaden coffin
  1. dull: darkened with overcast; "a dark day"; "a dull sky"; "the sky was leaden and thick"
  2. made heavy or weighted down with weariness; "his leaden arms"; "weighted eyelids"
  3. made of lead; "a leaden weight"
  4. (of movement) slow and laborious; "leaden steps"
  5. heavy: lacking lightness or liveliness; "heavy humor"; "a leaden conversation"
  6. Made of lead; Pertaining to or resembling lead; heavy, grey, sluggish; Dull; darkened with overcast