sorrowful

CET-4 大学 FREQ #26938

a. 悲伤的

发音

CA /ˈsɔɹoʊfəl/
CA /ˈsɔɹəfəl/
US /ˈsɑɹoʊfəl/
US /ˈsɑɹəfəl/
UK /ˈsɒɹəʊfəl/
UK /ˈsɒɹəfəl/
NZ /ˈsɔɹɐʉfɘl/
NZ /ˈsɔɹɘfɘl/

词形变化

more sorrowful 比较级 most sorrowful 最高级

别名

sorrowfull

教材释义与例句

形容词

悲伤的,伤心的

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    exhibiting sorrow; dejected; distraught; sad. (of a person)

  2. 2.

    Producing sorrow; causing grief.

    sorrowful accident

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词源

From Middle English sorweful, from Old English sorhful, sorgful (“full of care; anxious; sorrowful”), from Proto-Germanic *surgafullaz (“full of care; anxious”), equivalent to sorrow + -ful. Cognate with Old High German sorgfol (“careful; anxious”), Norwegian sorgfull (“sorrowful”), Icelandic sorgfullur (“lamentable”).

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