melancholy
发音
英 [ˈmelənkəli]
美 [ˈmelənkɑːli]
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- n.
- 忧郁
- 悲哀
- 愁思
- 闷闷不乐
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- adj.
- 忧郁的
- 悲伤的
- 凄凉的
- 阴沉的
单词词源
melancholy 忧郁，悲伤
来自拉丁语melancholia,来自希腊语malankholia,黑胆汁过度分泌， 忧郁，悲伤，来自melas,黑的，词源同melanin,khole,胆汁，词源同gall.在古代观念中，人的忧郁，悲伤等是由于黑胆汁的过度分泌引起的。参照humor,体液，体液学说。
双语例句
- 1. Actually , much of it is solemn and melancholy .
- 实际上，大多数都是庄重和忧郁的。
- 2. But there was always the nagging melancholy of an opportunity lost , by leaving new york too soon .
- 然而，过早离开纽约而错失良机的惆怅总是挥之不去。
- 3. In this manner cassim 's melancholy death was concealed and hushed up between ali baba , his widow , and morgiana , his slave , with so much contrivance that nobody in the city had the least knowledge or suspicion of the cause of it .
- 通过这种方式，凯新的悲哀的死亡就被阿里巴巴，她的寡妇，和莫吉安娜-他的奴隶隐藏和掩盖了起来，因为这么多的计划安排，这个城市没有人对他的死因有一点了解和猜疑。
- 4. Masturbation : an effective medicine for melancholy .
- 自慰：一种解决忧郁问题的特效药。
- 5. Such an idea working on his melancholy temperament produced the most gloomy effects .
- 这样的想法使他性格忧郁，产生出了种种无望的后果。