英汉词典

melancholy 基本解释

• adj. 忧郁的；使人悲伤的
• n. 忧郁；悲哀；愁思

melancholy 中文词源

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。

melancholy 英文词源

melancholy

melancholy: [14] Etymologically, melancholy means ‘black gall’. The word comes via Old French melancolie and late Latin melancholia from Greek melagkholíā, a compound formed from mélās ‘black’ (source also of English melanin [19] and melanoma [19]) and kholé ‘bile’ (a relative of English gall). This ‘black bile’ was one of the four bodily substances or ‘humours’ whose relative preponderance, according to medieval medical theory, determined a person’s physical and mental state. Excess of black bile was thought to cause depression – hence the modern meaning of melancholy.
=> gall, melanoma

melancholy (n.)

c. 1300, "condition characterized by sullenness, gloom, irritability," from Old French melancolie "black bile, ill disposition, anger, annoyance" (13c.), from Late Latin melancholia, from Greek melankholia "sadness," literally (excess of) "black bile," from melas (genitive melanos) "black" (see melanin) + khole "bile" (see Chloe). Medieval physiology attributed depression to excess of "black bile," a secretion of the spleen and one of the body's four "humors."

The Latin word also is the source of Spanish melancolia, Italian melancolia, German Melancholie, Danish melankoli, etc. Old French variant malencolie (also in Middle English) is by false association with mal "sickness."

melancholy (adj.)

late 14c., "with or caused by black bile; sullen, gloomy, sad," from melancholy (n.); sense of "deplorable" (of a fact or state of things) is from 1710.

melancholy 英文释义

1. a feeling of thoughtful sadness

2. a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed

3. a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy

melancholy 同义词解析

sad, unhappy, gloomy, blue, sorrowful, melancholy

这些形容词均含"忧伤的，悲哀的，伤感的"之意。

sad： 最常用词，泛指一切形式的悲伤，着重暂时的不幸或感觉的忧伤。

unhappy： 多指日常生活中遇到不如意的事而感到不愉快、不幸，侧重指心理状态。

gloomy： 指愁眉苦脸，令他人也感到扫兴。

blue： 非正式用词，语气较随便，指较强烈的忧郁或沮丧。

sorrowful： 多指因丧失亲人等原因所引起的悲哀，也指由于错误而产生的悔恨交加的心情。

melancholy： 指经常性的忧郁或悲哀，多用于文学描写中。

melancholy 双语例句

1. 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。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The general watched the process with an air of melancholy.

将军神情忧郁地望着队列经过。

来自柯林斯例句

3. Melancholy and mistrust of men hold her back.

忧郁的性格和对男人的不信任使她裹足不前。

来自柯林斯例句

4. A mood of melancholy descended on us.

一种悲伤的情绪袭上我们的心头。

来自《权威词典》

5. All at once he fell into a state of profound melancholy.

他立即陷入无尽的忧思之中.

来自《简明英汉词典》

melancholy 实用场景例句

A mood of melancholy descended on us.

一种悲伤的情绪袭上我们的心头。

牛津词典

melancholy thoughts/memories

悲哀的想法 / 记忆

牛津词典

The melancholy song died away.

哀婉的歌声渐渐消失了。

牛津词典

...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

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The only sounds were the distant, melancholy cries of the sheep...

只听得见远处羊群的哀鸣。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The general watched the process with an air of melancholy.

将军神情忧郁地望着队列经过。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He has a strain of melancholy in him.

他有点忧郁.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

It was a disheartening circumstance, but a melancholy fact.

这是一个令人懊丧的情况, 但是一个悲惨的事实.

辞典例句

He fell a prey to melancholy.

他为忧郁所折磨.

辞典例句

He felt melancholy after he failed the exam.

这次考试没通过,他感到很郁闷.

《简明英汉词典》

Feeling melancholy , Zhang recalls his life on a sampan while scattering Shi's ashes into the sea.

张保仔独自驾着小船出海,把一嫂骨灰撒入海中.回想从前种种,仿如隔世.

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It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations.

伟大的人物也有穷亲戚,那是令人忧郁的事实.

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I have a story to tell you of the deepest melancholy.

我有一件极为痛心的事告诉你.

辞典例句

All at once I fell into a state of profound melancholy.

我立即陷入无限的愁思之中.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

The undergraduate nodded in a cynical, melancholy way.

那位大学生点点头,神情既玩世不恭, 又闷闷不乐.

期刊摘选

We talked of the melancholy end of a gentleman who had destroyed himself.

我们谈起一位已自杀的先生的使人抑郁的结局.

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His smile, at once enchanting and melancholy, is just his father's.

他那种既迷人又有些忧郁的微笑, 活脱儿象他父亲.

辞典例句

Results: The pooled odds ratio ( OR ) values ( 95 % CI ) were melancholy 3.

结果: 各因素合并比值比 ( OR ) 及 95%CI 分别为:性格忧郁3.

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There was a strain of melancholy in his character.

他的个性有点郁.

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Nothing could conjure away his melancholy.

什么也驱散不了他的忧愁.

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For us common folk, blue may mirror the melancholy of mortals dwarfed by the infinite.

对于我们普通人来说, 蓝色可以反映在大千世界里显得极其渺小的凡夫俗子的忧郁.

期刊摘选

His demeanour had a kind of melancholy which was perplexing.

他的行为有抑郁倾向,令人困惑.

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A profound melancholy seized her.

一阵极度的凄伤袭上她的心头.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

Some use it as a means to depict their disorientation and melancholy.

有些人把沉默作为不辨方位和忧郁意思的描述.

期刊摘选

The sad news disposed him to melancholy.

令人沮丧的消息使他心情忧伤.

《现代英汉综合大词典》