干巴巴的英文：
dryasdust; dull and dry; insipid

'We're not dead yet,' said Julia prosaically
“我们还没死哩，”朱莉亚干巴巴地答道。

I tightened the bow, and put rosin on the dry horse-hairs.
我调试了一下琴弦，紧了紧琴弓，又往干巴巴的马尾弓上抹了点松香。

He spoke little and dryly.
他很少说话，说上几句也是干巴巴的。

-- Three times a day, after meals, Stephen said drily
“每天三遍，饭后，”斯蒂芬干巴巴地说。

"Never mind the hole in the ceiling." he said drily.
“不用担心天花板上的洞。”他干巴巴地说。

John's wet blanket and put a damper on everything
约翰是一个枯燥无味的人，他对什么都是干巴巴的。

To think of her was to get good-humoured; to speak of her was to raise the image of a dried Normandy pippin
琢磨琢磨她，会使人感到轻松愉快;一提到她却会使人想起干巴巴的诺曼底苹果。

Byron spoke as flatly as the president, getting out each word very distinctly
拜伦说得也象总统那么干巴巴的，每个字都咬得清清楚楚。

Instead of a mystic of genius, we have the dry-as-dust jurist;
在这里我们所看到的，不是天才的神秘主义者，而是一个枯燥无味的法学家；

A dry-as-dust-- A matter-of-fact man who talks astronomy on a moonlit night.
令人烦厌的学究——好比在明月当空之际大谈天文的枯燥鬼。

There is a dull market.
市场萧条。

He is not only dull himself but the cause of dullness in others.
他不单只自己无聊乏味，也是使别人感到无聊乏味的原因。

dull greens and blues.
不鲜明的绿色和蓝色。

A kiln for drying hops or malt or drying and curing tobacco.
烘炉烘啤酒花或麦芽或烘烤加工烟草的干窑

The ship was dry and no liquor was allowed.
船上是禁酒的，不准卖含酒精的饮料。

The work will drain him dry.
那工作会耗尽他的精力。