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melancholy a.忧郁的；令人悲伤的 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. 【记】melan 黑色 + chol 胆 →胆发黑→忧郁的；melan- 音：墨兰,黑兰色→黑色【相关】cholesterol 胆固醇

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['melənkəli] 【英】 adj. 忧郁的(depressed)；令人悲伤的(causing depression)【记】 melan(黑色)+chol(=b ile胆汁)+y→胆汁发 黑→忧郁的【同】 派生词: melancholic (adj. 忧郁的 )【例】 The melancholy song made me cry. adj. 忧郁的【记】melan黑, chol = bile(n 胆汁0, y: 忧郁是因黑胆汁过多而引起的, 以精神郁闷、低沉及怒气猛烈爆发为特征的一种精神状态读: 米兰矗立－在AC米兰的草皮上矗立着忧郁的巴乔.

单词	melancholy
音标	['melənkəli]
解释	a.忧郁的；令人悲伤的
红宝书	【英】 adj. 忧郁的(depressed)；令人悲伤的(causing depression) 【记】 melan(黑色)+chol(=b ile胆汁)+y→胆汁发黑→忧郁的【同】派生词: melancholic (adj. 忧郁的 ) 【例】 The melancholy song made me cry.
字源	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.
不择手段背单词	adj. 忧郁的【记】melan黑, chol = bile(n 胆汁0, y: 忧郁是因黑胆汁过多而引起的, 以精神郁闷、低沉及怒气猛烈爆发为特征的一种精神状态读: 米兰矗立－在AC米兰的草皮上矗立着忧郁的巴乔.
趣味全助记	【记】melan 黑色 + chol 胆 →胆发黑→忧郁的；melan- 音：墨兰,黑兰色→黑色【相关】cholesterol 胆固醇

Melancholy Black Adj 忧郁的 French Late Latin Bile