gloom

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n. 忧郁, 暗处, 幽暗 vi. 变忧沉, 变黑暗 vt. 使忧郁, 使黑暗

发音

UK /ɡluːm/
US /ɡlum/

词形变化

glooms 复数 glooms gloomed glooming glooms 三单 glooming 现在分词 gloomed 过去式 gloomed 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

昏暗；阴暗

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Darkness, dimness, or obscurity.

    不可数

    the gloom of a forest, or of midnight

  2. 2.

    A depressing, despondent, or melancholic atmosphere.

    不可数
  3. 3.

    Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness.

    不可数
  4. 4.

    A drying oven used in gunpowder manufacture.

    不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    To be dark or gloomy.

    不及物
  2. 2.

    To look or feel sad, sullen or despondent.

    不及物
  3. 3.

    To render gloomy or dark; to obscure; to darken.

    及物
  4. 4.

    To fill with gloom; to make sad, dismal, or sullen.

    及物
  5. 5.

    To shine or appear obscurely or imperfectly; to glimmer.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

gloominess somberness sombreness glumness

上位词 8

atmosphere melancholy dread apprehension ambience ambiance apprehensiveness semidarkness

下位词 5

cloud desolation nakedness bareness bleakness

相关短语

gloom and doom doom and gloom June gloom

词源

From Middle English *gloom, *glom, from Old English glōm (“gloaming, twilight, darkness”), from Proto-West Germanic *glōm, from Proto-Germanic *glōmaz (“gleam, shimmer, sheen”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (“to gleam, shimmer, glow”). The English word is cognate with Norwegian glom (“transparent membrane”), Scots gloam (“twilight; faint light; dull gleam”).

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