unlachrymose

发音

UK /ənˈlækɹɪməʊs/

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Not lachrymose.

    Free from dejection and melancholy; not vexed or weighed down by circumstances.

  2. 2.

    Not lachrymose.

    Tearless; not given to crying.

  3. 3.

    Not lachrymose.

    Unsentimental.

    Unamenable to appeals of emotion.

    But the really dangerous people would be the servants, la valetaille et la piétaille, the cold-eyed, unimpressionable, unlachrymose, and, when encountered in a corridor, insolent observers of Rousseau’s magisterial performances.

  4. 4.

    Not lachrymose.

    Unsentimental.

    Not schmaltzy; expressed without gratuitous sorrow.

    The off-handed elegance and freedom of Dino Borgioli’s Duke make him seem utterly charming and irresistible. His use of legato and the sweetness he can call upon are worthy of an unlachrymose Gigli.

  5. 5.

    Not lachrymose.

    Unmournful; free from lamentation.

词源

From un- + lachrymose.

来源:wiktionary