sombre
英 ['sɒmbə]
美
- adj. 阴沉的；忧郁的；昏暗的
词态变化
副词: sombrely;名词: sombreness;
助记提示
1、sub- "under" + umbr- + -e. => subumbre => sombre.
2、很显然，该词由上述词根结合后缩略变形而来。
2、很显然，该词由上述词根结合后缩略变形而来。
英英释意
- 1. grave or even gloomy in character;
- "solemn and mournful music"
- "a suit of somber black"
- "a somber mood"
- 2. lacking brightness or color; dull;
- "drab faded curtains"
- "sober Puritan gray"
- "children in somber brown clothes"
英文词源
- sombre
- sombre: [18] Something that is sombre is etymologically ‘under a shadow, in the shade’. The word comes from French sombre, an adjective derived ultimately from Vulgar Latin *subombrāre ‘put in shadow, shade’. This was a compound verb formed from Latin sub- ‘under’ and umbra ‘shade, shadow’ (source of English umbrage, umbrella, etc). Another descendant of Vulgar Latin *subombrāre is Spanish sombra ‘shade’, from which was derived sombrero ‘hat for giving shade’, borrowed by English in the 18th century.
=> sombrero, umbrage, umbrella - sombre (adj.)
- chiefly British English spelling of somber (q.v.); for spelling, see -re.
实用场景例句
- dressed in sombre shades of grey and black
- 穿着灰色和黑色的暗色调衣服
牛津词典
- Paul was in a sombre mood .
- 保罗当时心情忧郁。
牛津词典
- The year ended on a sombre note.
- 那一年在沉闷的气氛中结束了。
牛津词典
- The pair were in sombre mood...
- 这两个人情绪低落。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- His expression became increasingly sombre...
- 他的表情变得越来越严肃。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...a worried official in sombre black...
- 一名身穿深黑色服装、面带忧虑的官员
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- It was a beautiful house, but it was dark and sombre and dead.
- 这座房子虽然很漂亮，但是色彩暗淡，死气沉沉。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- When we played in the street the houses had grown sombre.
- 当我们在街上玩耍时,一幢幢房屋变得阴森森的.
辞典例句
- A a sombre occasion.
- 个忧郁的场合.
期刊摘选
- In XX bar, We a short talk through interpretation under the sombre light.
- 在XX酒吧昏暗的灯光下, 我们有过被翻译的短暂交谈.
期刊摘选
- Sombre as it was, it put on the kindest of its moods to welcome her.
- 大森林尽管阴沉忧郁, 却露出最亲切的心情来欢迎她.
英汉文学 - 红字
- Instead, the speech a sombre affair, and the popular reaction muted.
- 相反, 演讲很阴沉, 民众也反应平平.
期刊摘选
- Gorbachev was particularly sombre when he addressed the central committes at the end of 1984.
- 戈尔巴乔夫1984年底在中央委员会发表讲话时显得特别的冷静.
辞典例句
- He would have preferred sitting alone, for he liked a silent, sombre, unsafe solitude.
- 他真宁可独自坐在那儿, 因为他喜欢一种寂静 、 暗黑而不安全的孤独环境.
辞典例句
- The Bank of England has delivered a sombre warning.
- 英格兰银行发出了阴沉的警告.
期刊摘选
- When we met in the street the houses had grown sombre.
- 当我们在街头聚会的时候,房屋早已沉浸在昏暗中了.
辞典例句
- Clara was full of a sombre preconception.
- 克拉拉心中充满了模糊的成见.
辞典例句
- It had been dull and sombre enough.
- 那是十分愁闷的,十分忧郁.
辞典例句
- The day was chill and sombre.
- 天气阴沉而寒冷.
英汉文学 - 红字
- A sombre figure was there to meet us.
- 一个脸色阴沉的人在那儿迎接我们.
辞典例句
- The wind blows, that sombre ship has a path which it is forced to pursue.
- 风刮着, 这条阴暗的船有它非走不可的路程.
期刊摘选
- Her young life had been sombre, but she had known nothing of the utmost human needs.
- 她们年轻的生活是黯淡的, 但是她从来不知道什么是人类极端的需要.
辞典例句
- His face made him very sombre.
- 他的脸色变得十分严峻.
《简明英汉词典》
- The great Vistula rolled its yellowish, sombre vastness around low sandy islands.
- 维斯瓦河奔腾向前, 黄浊阴沉的巨流绕过低平的沙洲.
辞典例句
- His outlook, habitually sombre, lay under the shadow of deeper cloud.
- 他对事物的看法本来是消沉的, 这时更给笼罩在一层浓厚的乌云下了.
辞典例句
- The costume of the nineteenth century is detestable. It is so sombre, so depressing.
- 十九世纪的服装真是可厌, 那么阴郁, 多么沉闷.
辞典例句