woebegone
英 ['wəʊbɪgɒn]
美['wobɪɡɔn]
- adj. 愁眉苦脸的；忧愁的；寒碜的
中文词源
woebegone 忧伤的
woe,伤心，begone,包围，来自go的古义包围。
英英释意
- 1. worn and broken down by hard use;
- "a creaky shack"
- "a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape"
- "a flea-bitten sofa"
- "a run-down neighborhood"
- "a woebegone old shack"
- 2. affected by or full of grief or woe;
- "his sorrow...made him look...haggard and...woebegone"- George du Maurier
英文词源
- woebegone (adj.)
- c. 1300, in expressions such as me is wo bigone "woe has beset me," from woe + begon "to beset, surround, overwhelm," from Old English began "go over, traverse; inhabit, occupy; surround, beset, overrun;" from be + go.
实用场景例句
- a woebegone expression
- 悲伤的表情
牛津词典
- She sniffed and looked woebegone.
- 她抽泣着，神情忧伤。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Look you are woebegone, what thing?
- 瞧你愁眉苦脸的, 什么事 呀 ?
期刊摘选
- The parting sadness vanishes slowly, and she is woebegone all day.
- 离愁难消, 她整日愁眉苦脸的.
期刊摘选
- Why wear such a woebegone look?
- 为什么一副愁眉苦脸的样子?
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Of course, the commodity that we face false bad today still is a pair woebegone.
- 当然, 今天我们面对假劣的商品仍是一副愁眉苦脸.
期刊摘选
- She sniffed and looked woebegone.
- 她抽泣着，神情忧伤。
柯林斯例句