[N-SING 单数名词]阴暗；昏暗The gloom is a state of near darkness.
[the N]
...the gloom of a foggy November morning...
11月份一个雾蒙蒙的早晨，天空昏暗阴沉
I was peering about me in the gloom.
我在暗处端详着自己。
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]忧郁；愁闷；无望Gloom is a feeling of sadness and lack of hope.
[also a N]
...the deepening gloom over the economy.
对经济的忧虑日益加重
Oxford
gloom/ɡluːm; NAmEɡluːm/noun1[uncountable , singular ]a feeling of being sad and without hope 忧郁；愁闷；无望SYN
depression
◆The gloom deepened as the election results came in.选举结果陆续传来，失落的情绪越来越重。2[uncountable ]( literary) almost total darkness幽暗；黑暗；昏暗◆We watched the boats come back in the gathering gloom.我们注视着船只在朦胧暮色中返航。IDIOMsee
1literary almost complete darkness: He peered into the gathering (=increasing) gloom.2a feeling of great sadness and lack of hope: a time of high unemployment and economic gloom → doom and gloom
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COLLOCATIONS– Meaning 2verbsbe filled with gloom· She was filled with gloom as she looked around the place.be sunk in gloom (=feel very sad and hopeless)· She made several attempts at conversation but the boy was sunk in gloom.cast (a) gloom over something (=make people feel sad)· His ill health had cast a gloom over the Christmas holidays.dispel/lift the gloom (=make people feel less sad)· Now for some good news to dispel the gloom.gloom deepens (=people feel more sad)· The party's gloom deepened as the election results came in.gloom lifts (=people stop feeling sad)· Germany's gloom lifted when Stallkamp scored a goal.phrasesdoom and gloom (=when there seems no hope)· The picture is not all doom and gloom - some tourist areas are still drawing in the crowds.adjectiveseconomic gloom· It was a year of economic gloom for the car industry.deep gloom· There was deep gloom about the future.a general gloom (=when many people feel there is not much hope)· Amid the general gloom, there are some positive signs.
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