单词 | somber |
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音标 | ['sɔmbə] |
解释 | a.忧郁的;阴暗的 |
红宝书 | 【英】 adj. 忧郁的(melancholy) ;阴暗的(dark and gloomy) 【考】 反义词:cherubic(可 爱的) 【例】 a somber passageway / a somber expression |
字源 | somber (adj.) 1760 "gloomy, shadowy" (earlier sombrous, c.1730), from French sombre "dark, gloomy," from Old French sombre (14c.), from an adjective from Late Latin subumbrare "to shadow," from sub "under" (see sub-) + umbra "shade, shadow," perhaps from a suffixed form of PIE *andho- "blind, dark" (see umbrage). Related: Somberly; somberness. |
不择手段背单词 | adj. (情绪)忧郁的 = melancholy; (天气)阴暗的; 气氛严肃的 【记】读: 三本. 家家有本难念的经, 你们家有三本难念的经-忧郁的 【反】cherubic(adj 天使一般可爱的); droll(adj 好笑的) |
趣味全助记 | 【记】源自umbr- 阴影;slumber 睡眠,睡觉时天是黑暗的;音:丧母伯,丧母爸,少年丧母伯伯或爸爸,所以非常忧郁;samba 桑巴舞一扫忧郁 【相关】umbrella 伞,umbra 暗影,黑暗区域,sober 冷静的,镇定的,清醒的(不忧郁) |
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