Front | nostalgia |
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Pron | [nə'stældʒə] |
Back | 【nostalgia】 n.乡愁;思乡病 The soldiers were filled with nostalgia by hearing my old favorite song. 士兵们听了我喜欢的老歌后,心中充满了乡愁。 |
Vocab | nostalgialonging for something past
Think of the noun, nostalgia, when you long for the good old days of the past. The noun nostalgia was invented by a Swiss doctor in the late 1600s. He put together the Greek nostos "homecoming" and algos "pain, distress" as a literal translation of the German Heimweh "homesickness." Originally, it was a medical diagnosis for mercenary soldiers. Today, it describes a bittersweet longing for the past. Think of the dreamy way your grandpa tells stories of his childhood — he's got nostalgia. All forms of 'nostalgia' will appear on average once every 3791 pages. nostalgia nostalgic nostalgically |
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