gloom

英 [ɡluːm] 美 [ɡluːm]

• n. 黑暗；阴暗；忧郁
• v. (使)变黑；(使)变忧郁

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U]昏暗,阴暗

   near darkness

2. [S][U]忧郁,沮丧,失望

   feeling of sadness and hopelessness

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 忧郁，悲哀，阴郁，忧愁
2. 黑暗，昏暗，幽暗，阴暗，朦胧
3. <书>暗处，幽暗处，背阴处，多阴的地方
4. 忧郁的心情，忧郁情绪，阴郁的心境
5. 沮丧的气氛
6. 意气消沉
7. 忧郁的面貌

v. 动词

1. 使忧郁，使郁闷，使沮丧，使情绪低落
2. 使暗，使黑暗，使阴沉，使朦胧
3. 变阴郁，变忧郁，变郁闷，愁眉不展，现愁容，变忧伤，变忧沉，显得闷闷不乐，感到沮丧
4. 变阴暗，变黑暗，变阴沉，变朦胧
5. 忧郁地表示，忧伤地说

英英释义

Noun:

1. a state of partial or total darkness;

   "he struck a match to dispel the gloom"
   

2. a feeling of melancholy apprehension

3. an atmosphere of depression and melancholy;

   "gloom pervaded the office"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. My eyes slowly grew accustomed to the gloom.
   我的眼睛对黑暗慢慢适应了。
2. In the gloom I could only just discern the outline of a building.
   在黑暗中我只能依稀分辨出一座建筑物的轮廓来。
3. He walked through the gloom of the thick forest.
   他穿过茂密阴暗的森林。
4. The crimes committed there invested the place with an air of mystery and gloom.
   在那里发生罪案后,该地笼罩上一种阴森诡秘的气氛。
5. The news of army's defeat cast a gloom over the town.
   军队败北的消息给小城蒙上了一层忧郁。
6. Don't let defeat fill you with gloom.
   别让失败使你灰心丧气。

用作动词 (v.)

1. Poets were often visited by fits of gloom.
   诗人常有一阵阵忧郁。
2. Lydia's gloom was shortly cleared away.
   丽迪雅的忧郁不多一会就烟消云散了。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. In the gathering gloom it was difficult to see anything distinctly.
   在越来越暗的情况下,什么东西都看不清。
2. The news cast a deep gloom over the whole family.
   那个消息使全家笼罩着一片愁云惨雾。
3. The news of defeat filled them all with gloom.
   失败的消息使他们满怀郁闷。

经典引文

• In the gloom of the jungle each minute seemed more ominous.

  出自： N. Mailer

• I hate myself for glooming about the house in secret.

  出自：Century Magazine

• Marcelle..who had lately quarrelled with her best friend..gloomed at Sir Robert's right hand.

  出自： E. Bowen

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• break the gloom 冲破黑暗
• cast〔throw〕 a gloom over sth 给某事蒙上阴影

介词+～

• in the gloom 在阴暗中
• with gloom 怀着忧郁的心情

～+介词

• gloom about〔over〕 对…忧虑

近反义词

【近义词】

• gloominess 黑暗
• shadow 影子
• dimness 微暗
• murkiness 黑暗
• shade 阴影
• darkness 黑暗
• obscurity 昏暗
• murk 阴暗
• sadness 悲哀
• despondency 失去勇气
• pessimism 悲观
• dejection 沮丧
• unhappiness 忧愁
• depression 沮丧
• melancholy 忧郁
• despair 绝望
• misery 痛苦
• dreariness 沉寂
• duskiness 微暗
• dusk 黄昏
• overcast 阴天的
• blackness 黑色
• dark 黑暗的
• dinginess 微黑(污秽)
• cloudiness 阴暗
• dullness 迟钝
• desolation 荒芜
• heaviness 重
• doldrums 忧郁
• weariness 疲倦
• woe 悲哀
• sorrow 悲伤
• dumps 抑郁
• distress 不幸
• grief 悲痛
• heavy-heartedness heavy-hearte...
• hopelessness 不抱希望
• sullenness 愠怒
• mopishness 忧郁
• dolor 悲哀
• cheerlessness cheerless的名词...
• frown 皱眉
• lower 低的
• glower 怒目而视
• sulk 不高兴
• scowl 愁容
• pout 噘嘴
• mope 抑郁不乐
• low spirits 没精打采
• darken 变暗
• the blues 沮丧
• cloud 云
• night 夜晚
• blues 布鲁斯音乐
• spirits 精力
• look black 显得暗淡(不妙)...
• somberness 昏暗
• sombreness 昏暗
• glumness glum的名词形式...
• the 那
• low 低的
• look 看
• morose 郁闷的
• be 有
• sullen 愠怒的
• black 黑的