There was a definite end-of-the-holidays gloom in the air when Harry awoke next morning.

第二天早晨，哈利醒来时，家里笼罩着一种假期结束沉闷气氛。

Dudley's snores were drowned by the low rolls of thunder that started near midnight.

临近午夜，一阵沉闷隆隆雷声淹没了达声。

" Karkaroff did not steer, " said a gruff voice.

“卡卡洛夫并不掌舵，”一个沙哑沉闷声音说。

Although, to be honest, a penny would never really clunk.

不过老实说，一便士永远不会发出沉闷响声。

In those boring lectures, many students just sat gazing through the classroom window.

那些沉闷课堂教学中，许多学生只是地坐着望着窗外。

Didn't have one of its terrible boggy ones.

没有出现那种糟糕沉闷情况。

With a funny, muffled sort of thump he landed on something soft.

随着一声奇怪而沉闷撞击声，哈利落到了一个柔软东西上面。

It is time for the dismal science to improve its dismal record on gender.

这门沉闷科学是时候改性别方面沉闷记录了。

The dismal science has not become entirely harmonious, though.

然而，这门沉闷科学并没有变得完全和谐。

The dull but diligent could be especially valuable now.

那些沉闷但勤奋人现可能格外有价值。

How I wish something would liven up this already tedious day.

真希望有什么东西能让沉闷一天快乐起来。

Each time I recevied one of my little girl's gifts, it brightened my heart.

每次收到小女儿礼物，我沉闷心就豁然开朗。

A dull clunk echoed through the Hall on his every other step.

沉闷金属撞击声随着他每个脚步响彻大厅。

Her crocheted flowers decorate dull walls and fences around the city.

她用钩针编织花朵装饰着城市周围沉闷墙壁和栅栏。

It was here that the stuffy archduke met Countess Sophie Chotek.

就是这里，这位沉闷大公遇到了索菲·乔泰克伯爵夫人。

Just then a hollow explosion was audible.

这时，我听到了一声沉闷爆炸声。

It's 'cause my parents, they own this godforsaken place.

是因为我父母。这个沉闷荒凉地方是他们。

A hollow groan drifted out of the dogmask.

一声沉闷哀号从狗面具里头飘出来。

They dropped their voices as they entered the muffled stillness of the library.

走进了沉闷安静图书馆，他们不由得放低了声音。

It was the gloomiest, most depressing bathroom Harry had ever set foot in.

这是哈利到过最阴暗、最沉闷卫生间。