gloomy
英 ['gluːmɪ]
美['ɡlumi]
- adj. 黑暗的；沮丧的；阴郁的
词态变化
比较级: gloomier;最高级: gloomiest;副词: gloomily;名词: gloominess;
助记提示
【记忆】谐音：哥路迷。哥哥一个人去森林的时候迷路了，让他非常的沮丧。==》沮丧的，忧郁的。
【记法】谐音：戈路迷
【联想】居然在戈壁滩里迷路了，怎么能让人不郁闷？
【记法】谐音：戈路迷
【联想】居然在戈壁滩里迷路了，怎么能让人不郁闷？
英英释意
- 1. characterized by hopelessness; filled with gloom;
- "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"
- "gloomy predictions"
- "a gloomy silence"
- "took a grim view of the economy"
- "the darkening mood"
- 2. depressing in character or appearance;
- "drove through dingy streets"
- "the dismal prison twilight"- Charles Dickens
- "drab old buildings"
- "a dreary mining town"
- "gloomy tenements"
- "sorry routine that follows on the heels of death"- B.A.Williams
- 3. depressingly dark;
- "the gloomy forest"
- "the glooming interior of an old inn"
- "`gloomful' is archaic"
- 4. causing or suggestive of sorrow or gloom;
- "a gloomy outlook"
- "gloomy news"
- 5. reflecting gloom;
- "gloomy faces"
- 6. causing dejection;
- "a blue day"
- "the dark days of the war"
- "a week of rainy depressing weather"
- "a disconsolate winter landscape"
- "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"
- "a dark gloomy day"
- "grim rainy weather"
英文词源
- gloomy (adj.)
- 1580s, probably from gloom (n.) even though that word is not attested as early as this one. Shakespeare used it of woods, Marlowe of persons. Gloomy Gus has been used in a general sense of "sullen person" since 1902, the name of a pessimistic and defeatist newspaper comics character introduced about that time by U.S. illustrator Frederick Burr Opper. Related: Gloomily; gloominess.
同义词辨析
dark, dim, black, gloomy, obscure, vague, grey
这些形容词都含有"完全地或不完全地缺少光亮"之意。
dark： 最普通用词，指缺乏自然光线或人工照明，使某物漆黑无光或光线十分微弱。
dim： 指光线不足或视力较差，不能清晰地看见物体。
black： 侧重颜色是黑色的，有时也指无光的黑暗。
gloomy： 指光线不足或部分光线受阻而出现的阴暗。
obscure： 指因光线不充足而使物体灰暗不清，失去光泽或若隐若现。作借喻时指因复杂、深奥或含糊而难于理解。
vague： 通常作借喻用，形容抽象事物。
grey与dark意思相近，但侧重阴暗单调的意味。
sad, unhappy, gloomy, blue, sorrowful, melancholy
这些形容词均含"忧伤的，悲哀的，伤感的"之意。
sad： 最常用词，泛指一切形式的悲伤，着重暂时的不幸或感觉的忧伤。
unhappy： 多指日常生活中遇到不如意的事而感到不愉快、不幸，侧重指心理状态。
gloomy： 指愁眉苦脸，令他人也感到扫兴。
blue： 非正式用词，语气较随便，指较强烈的忧郁或沮丧。
sorrowful： 多指因丧失亲人等原因所引起的悲哀，也指由于错误而产生的悔恨交加的心情。
melancholy： 指经常性的忧郁或悲哀，多用于文学描写中。
考试真题
- Life Reimagined paints a picture of middle age that is far from gloomy.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文
- It will remain gloomy.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文
- Nobody flourishes in a gloomy environment with irresponsible staff and a poor safety record.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文
- I think that things have become very gloomy these days, lots of misunderstanding, misleading cues, a lot of what the ancients would have called sophistry ( ' , 诡 辩 ).
出自-2016年6月阅读原文
- life Reimagined paints a picture of middle age that is far from gloomy.
2017年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C
- think that things have become very gloomy these days, lots of misunderstanding, misleading cues, a lot of what the ancients would have called sophistry.
2016年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B
- The report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics was just as gloomy as anticipated.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文
- But such gloominess is misplaced.
出自-2013年考研阅读原文
实用场景例句
- a gloomy expression
- 沮丧的表情
牛津词典
- We sat in gloomy silence.
- 我们郁郁不乐默不作声地坐着。
牛津词典
- a gloomy picture of the country's economic future
- 该国经济前景的黯淡景象
牛津词典
- Suddenly, the future didn't look so gloomy after all.
- 突然感到前途似乎并非如此黯淡。
牛津词典
- He stared gloomily at the phone.
- 他满脸愁容地盯着电话。
牛津词典
- It was a wet and gloomy day.
- 那一日阴天下雨沉闷无聊。
牛津词典
- a gloomy room/atmosphere
- 昏暗的房间；阴沉沉的气氛
牛津词典
- Officials say the outlook for next year is gloomy.
- 官员们表示来年前景黯淡。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Inside it's gloomy after all that sunshine...
- 尽管阳光明媚，里面依然暗淡无光。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...this huge gloomy church.
- 这座昏暗的大教堂
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Miller is gloomy about the fate of the serious playwright in America.
- 米勒对这位严肃剧作家在美国的命运颇为忧虑。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...a gloomy picture of an economy sliding into recession...
- 经济陷入萧条的惨淡景象
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- As he stood there, the sun went behind the clouds, leaving the room gloomy.
- 此时太阳光忽然躲起来了, 厢房里便显得很阴暗.
子夜部分
- It's a gloomy thing , however , to talk about one's own past, with the day breaking.
- 不过, 在天快亮的时候去谈自己的过去只会令人扫兴.
英汉文学 - 双城记
- The little boy sat in a gloomy corner.
- 小男孩坐在一个阴暗的角落.
《简明英汉词典》
- Returning to his gloomy snowbound field headquarters he had to face some nasty facts.
- 他回到黑暗阴郁、冰天雪地的战地司令部里,不得不面对一些棘手的事情.
辞典例句
- A few faint gleams of sunshine lit up the gloomy afternoon.
- 几束隐约的阳光使阴暗的下午有些明亮.
《简明英汉词典》
- A crepehanger usually sees life in a gloomy light.
- 悲观者常以沮丧态度来看人生.
期刊摘选
- He sat down with a most gloomy countenance by Fanny.
- 他在范妮身旁坐下,面色阴沉异常.
辞典例句
- I knew immediately from his gloomy face that his examination had not been successful.
- 我从他那阴郁的脸色上一看就知道他考试不及格.
辞典例句
- These complicated thoughts made her alternately happy and gloomy.
- 于是复杂的思想来到了她的脑子里,使她时而高兴,时而忧郁.
汉英文学 - 家（1-26） - 家（1-26）
- Every time she was gloomy, I would comfort her and straighten her out.
- 每当她烦恼郁闷时, 我总是来开解安慰她.
期刊摘选
- It'seemed to bear out Hemingway's own gloomy maxim about America.
- 这似乎印证了海明威自己在评论美国时的那句悲观的名言.
辞典例句
- But this gloomy discovery also carries huge potential significance for AIDS research in humans.
- 但这个令人感到沮丧的发现对人类的艾滋病研究却有着潜在的重大意义.
期刊摘选
- Her trainer was even more gloomy about the prospects for British tennis.
- 她的教练对英国网球的前景甚至更为悲观.
《简明英汉词典》
- It is so gloomy in the room that you should turn on the light.
- 房间内太暗,你应该打开灯.
《简明英汉词典》
- I felt a gloomy foreboding that something was going to go wrong.
- 我有一种不祥的预感,总觉得要出事.
《简明英汉词典》
- When I saw their gloomy faces, I knew something was wrong.
- 当我看到他们沮丧的脸时, 我知道出事了.
《简明英汉词典》