| 释义 |
‖ penseroso, a. and n.|penseˈroso|
[From the title of Milton's poem Il Penseroso (1632), a. obs. It. penseroso (1578 in Tasso Dialoghi 1), now pensieroso (Florio 1598), f. pensiere thought.]
a. adj. Meditative, brooding, melancholy.
b. n. A brooding or melancholy person, or personality.
1765J. Adams Diary 23 Dec., The Il Penseroso, however, is discernible on the faces of all four. 1790R. Tyler Contrast ii. i. (1887) 24 How I should like to see that pair of Penserosos together. 1831Society I. 78 But the penseroso humour lasted not long. |