arenaceous:arid; as dry as saw dust; as dry as dust (/a chip); as dull as ditch-water; be barren (/devoid) of interest;chippy; dry and dull (/boring);flat; insipid;jejune;uninteresting; vapid; workaday ? 念到最～的時(shí)候，只想跑出來看看我這些朋友們。(愛新覺羅·溥儀《我的前半生》62) When reading them became intolerably tiresome my only thought was of going out to see those friends of mine.
枯燥無味
dry and dull ～的宣傳dry and dull propaganda
枯燥無味kū zào wú wèi
形容單調(diào)，毫無趣味。dry as dust, dry and dull, as dry as a chip, arid, be barren of interest