lachrymose

• adj. 爱哭的，易流泪的；悲哀的

来自拉丁语lacrima,眼泪，来自PIE*dakru,流泪，词源同tear,字母d,l音变。

1. showing sorrow

lachrymose

lachrymose: see tear

lachrymose (adj.)

1660s, "tear-like," from Latin lacrimosus "tearful, sorrowful, weeping," also "causing tears, lamentable," from lacrima "tear," a dialect-altered borrowing of Greek dakryma "tear," from dakryein "to shed tears," from dakry "tear," from PIE *dakru- (see tear (n.1)). Meaning "given to tears, tearful" is first attested 1727; meaning "of a mournful character" is from 1822.

The -d- to -l- alteration in Latin is the so-called "Sabine -L-"; compare Latin olere "smell," from root of odor, and Ulixes, the Latin form of Greek Odysseus. The Medieval Latin practice of writing -ch- for -c- before Latin -r- also altered anchor, pulchritude, sepulchre. The -y- is pedantic, from belief in a Greek origin. Middle English had lacrymable "tearful" (mid-15c.).

She waxed lachrymose.

她伤心起来了。

辞典例句

Maybe if you moved away from Lake Lachrymose you might feel better.

也许搬离这悲哀之湖会让你好受一些.

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