melancholy

英 [ˈmelənkəli]

美 [ˈmelənkɑːli]

n.  忧郁; 伤悲
adj.  (令人)悲哀的; (令人)沮丧的

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牛津词典

noun

• 忧郁；伤悲
  a deep feeling of sadness that lasts for a long time and often cannot be explained
  1. A mood of melancholy descended on us.
     一种悲伤的情绪袭上我们的心头。

adj.

• （令人）悲哀的；（令人）沮丧的
  very sad or making you feel sadness
  1. melancholy thoughts/memories
     悲哀的想法 / 记忆
  2. The melancholy song died away.
     哀婉的歌声渐渐消失了。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 使人忧郁的;令人忧伤的
  You describe something that you see or hear asmelancholywhen it gives you an intense feeling of sadness.
  1. ...a painter of haunting melancholy canvases...
     一位画作中饱含挥之不去的忧伤情绪的画家
  2. The only sounds were the distant, melancholy cries of the sheep...
     只听得见远处羊群的哀鸣。
  3. The songs start soft and melancholy.
     歌声轻柔而忧伤地响起。
• N-UNCOUNT (习惯性或气质上的)忧郁，忧伤
  Melancholyis an intense feeling of sadness which lasts for a long time and which strongly affects your behaviour and attitudes.
  1. I was deeply aware of his melancholy as he stood among the mourners...
     当他站在致哀的人群中时，我深深地体会到了他的忧伤。
  2. The general watched the process with an air of melancholy.
     将军神情忧郁地望着队列经过。
• ADJ-GRADED 忧郁的;悲伤的
  If someone feels or looksmelancholy, they feel or look very sad.
  1. It was in these hours of the late afternoon that Tom Mulligan felt most melancholy...
     傍晚这几个小时里，汤姆·马利根最为抑郁。
  2. He fixed me with those luminous, empty eyes and his melancholy smile.
     他笑容忧郁地凝视着我，闪亮的眼睛里空无一物。

英英释义

noun

• a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy
  Synonym:black bile
• a feeling of thoughtful sadness
• a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed

adj

• grave or even gloomy in character
  1. solemn and mournful music
  2. a suit of somber black
  3. a somber mood
  Synonym:sombersombre
• characterized by or causing or expressing sadness
  1. growing more melancholy every hour
  2. her melancholic smile
  3. we acquainted him with the melancholy truth
  Synonym:melancholic

双语例句

• It's autumn again, he said in a melancholy voice.
  “又是秋天了。”他用忧伤的声音说道。
• I was deeply aware of his melancholy as he stood among the mourners
  当他站在致哀的人群中时，我深深地体会到了他的忧伤。
• The blue moods of Fado, the melancholy folk music, form the national soundtrack.
  蓝色的情绪和忧伤的民间音乐法朵塑造了国民的音轨。
• For me it has always been a city of ruins and of end-of-empire melancholy.
  她对我而言一直是个废墟之城，充满了帝国斜阳的忧伤。
• A feeling of "autumnal melancholy" has suddenly possessed me.
  胸中顿生秋气。
• His face was lined and melancholy.
  他的脸上起了皱纹，且很悲郁。
• A mood of melancholy descended on us.
  一种悲伤的情绪袭上我们的心头。
• I thought she got a lovely voice, very soulful and melancholy.
  我觉得她的嗓音可爱，非常深情和忧郁。
• Used a lightly melancholy and sad, a man accustomed to silence.
  习惯了一种淡然的忧郁与伤感，习惯了一个人沉默。
• A kind of thorough marrow of melancholy and weariness.
  一种深入骨髓的忧郁和疲倦。