词的意思：leaden指”沉重的、暗淡无光的、缺乏活力的”，通常形容人的情绪、气氛、天气等。
词性：形容词。
常用场景：leaden常用于描述一种沉闷、沉重、枯燥、乏味的气氛或情况，例如：a leaden sky (阴沉的天空)、a leaden silence (极度沉闷的沉默)、a leaden performance (表演乏力无生气)。
词组搭配：leaden feet (步履沉重)、leaden sky (阴沉的天空)、leaden atmosphere (沉闷的气氛)。
相关短语：leaden-gray (铅灰色)、leaden silence (沉寂无声)、leaden lethargy (昏睡状)、leaden resistance (极度不合作)。
发音拼写：[‘ledn]。
leaden: [‘ledn]
adj. 沉重的，枯燥乏味的，无生气的
例句：
1. Her jokes fell flat and were met with a leaden silence.（她讲的笑话不起作用，引来了沉闷的寂静。）
2. The leaden sky matched my mood.（灰色的天空与我的心情相似。）
3. The performance was leaden and uninspired.（这场表演拖沓无力且缺乏灵感。）
leaden在英语中代表”使沉重、铅制的”的意思，还有铅的的意思，在线读音是[‘ledn]，leaden是一个英语形容词，在《郎文当代中级英语辞典》中，共找到94个与leaden相关的例句。
1.使沉重
例句:He heard the father’s leaden footsteps move down the stairs. (他听见父亲步履沉重地走下楼。)
2.铅制的
例句:and the leafless trees, that against the leaden sky now revealed more fully the wonderful beauty and intricacies of the branches. (退去树叶的树干，在铅灰色的天穹之下展示出奇异的美丽。)
3.铅的
例句:Eurocrats have reasons to be anxious, as their tans fade under leaden Brussels skies. (欧盟官员们被晒黑的肤色在布鲁塞尔的灰暗天空下逐渐消退，他们有充分理由表示忧虑。)
4.呆滞的、铅的
例句:The weather was at its worst; bitterly cold, with leaden skies that gave minimum visibility. (翻译:天气极其恶劣。寒风刺骨，天色晦暗，能见度极低。)
leaden一般作为形容词、动词使用，如在have leaden feet(脚步沉重，行动迟缓)、have leaden foot(脚步沉重,行动迟缓)等常见短语中出现较多。
have leaden feet脚步沉重，行动迟缓have leaden foot脚步沉重,行动迟缓1. Eurocrats have reasons to be anxious, as their tans fade under leaden Brussels skies. (翻译:欧盟官员们被晒黑的肤色在布鲁塞尔的灰暗天空下逐渐消退，他们有充分理由表示忧虑。)
2. The weather was at its worst; bitterly cold, with leaden skies that gave minimum visibility. (翻译:天气极其恶劣。寒风刺骨，天色晦暗，能见度极低。)
3. An Idea , a Form , a Being Which left the azure sky and fell Into a leaden, miry Styx That no eye in Heaven can pierce ; (翻译:一个理念，一种形式，一种存在，离开了蓝天，落到铅灰色的泥泞的冥河，天堂里也没有能将它看穿的眼睛。)
4. An invisible cage, heavy, leaden, descends on me… a tacit interdiction. (翻译:一个沉重笼子无形地笼罩着我… 默默地封锁)
5. Roethke referred to getting old… as wearing the leaden weight of what I did not do. (翻译:说老是穿过从业没穿过的衣服 作为诗人我说过这样的话)
6. Tired of dealing with these these mugs, with these leaden-headed creatures. (翻译:我厌倦了必须应付那些… 长着罐子脸，生铁脑袋的货们)
7. We retreat behind a wall of leaden blocks as he shakes the hair out of his eyes and flips a switch. (翻译:我们退到一堵铅制的隔离墙之后，他捋了捋遮住眼睛的头发，然后打开一个开关。)
8. Twilight came on. Snow fell from the darkening, leaden sky. (翻译:薄暮初上，阴云密布的天空飘起了雪花。)
9. The leafless trees, that against the leaden sky now revealed more fully the wonderful beauty and intricacies of their branches. (翻译:那叶儿落尽的树木，映衬着铅灰色的天空，此刻显得更加枝丫交错，姿态万千。)
