melancholy

'melәnkɒli

六级托福雅思GRE Collins 1

n. a feeling of thoughtful sadness
n. a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
s. characterized by or causing or expressing sadness

n. 忧郁, 悲哀, 愁思
a. 忧郁的, 使人悲伤的, 愁思的

Collins 星级

14,439

BNC 频率

13,596

使用频率

melancholy 可以分解为前缀 melan-（来自希腊语，意为黑色）和词根 -choly（来自希腊语，指“胆汁”，与情绪相关）。黑色通常与悲伤相关，因此可以联想到“忧郁”。

例句

1. She felt a deep sense of melancholy as she looked at the old photographs.

当她看着旧照片时，感到一种深深的忧伤。

2. The rainy weather often brings a feeling of melancholy to many people.

多雨的天气常常给许多人带来忧郁的感觉。

3. He wrote a poem about his melancholy thoughts after the loss of his friend.

在失去朋友后，他写了一首关于忧伤思绪的诗。