| 单词 | melancholy |
| 释义 | melancholy (melənkɒli ) 1. adjective You describe something that you see or hear as melancholy when it gives you an intense feeling of sadness. ...a painter of haunting melancholy canvases. The only sounds were the distant, melancholy cries of the sheep. The songs start soft and melancholy. 2. uncountable noun Melancholy is an intense feeling of sadness which lasts for a long time and which strongly affects your behaviour and attitudes. [literary] I was deeply aware of his melancholy as he stood among the mourners. The general watched the process with an air of melancholy. Synonyms: sadness, depression, misery, gloom 3. adjective If someone feels or looks melancholy, they feel or look very sad. [literary] It was in these hours of the late afternoon that Tom Mulligan felt most melancholy. He fixed me with those luminous, empty eyes and his melancholy smile. Synonyms: sad, down, depressed, unhappy Collocations: melancholy mood It's a nice conjunction of a slightly melancholy mood and painstaking description, an object lesson in how to paint detail without appearing to be pedantic. Times, Sunday Times More to the point, they exquisitely conveyed the melancholy mood of both with heart-breaking expression. Globe and Mail The soundtrack has been described as ambiguous moods and lurking-in-the-shadows electronic ambiances, setting the alternately suspenseful and melancholy mood of the soundtrack. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It described her music as ranging from sensitive melancholy moods to light and playful tones, and imparting joy and peace of mind. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The demo received praise from enthusiasts of melancholy music. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The novel's narration has a contemplative pace, weaving in impressions of melancholy music and still life paintings. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 At times, he serenades her with melancholy music on his accordion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 If you're feeling sad, it's tempting to put on a melancholy song, but try something upbeat instead and notice how much better it makes you feel. The Sun A melancholy song drifts from his hut by day and by night. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It's a melancholy song, and a narrative about finding out where your life's going to go. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 One night, finding difficulty in sleeping on a futon, he happens to catch sight of her standing in the garden, singing an achingly melancholy song to the moon. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I like their more melancholy songs in general. Times, Sunday Times This melancholy tone presides, not unpleasantly, over all three stories. Times, Sunday Times This movement follows typical sonata-allegro form, and although it begins in a melancholy tone, the movement ends jubilantly. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They wrote 10 songs for the film; when a melancholy tone was decided, all but one were cut. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The music has a melancholy tone both in its melodic pattern and rhythm, making it unsuitable for performance on such an occasion as our national ceremony. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His circumstances may also help to explain the great sense of melancholy that invades the narrative, a wistfulness compounded by a dour sense of fate. Times, Sunday Times He passed on to his son a sense of melancholy with the state of the world and with himself. Christianity Today No, it's the all-pervading sense of melancholy. Times, Sunday Times But a sense of melancholy at the great loss of life aboard the enemy battlecruiser (only 36 of her 1,968 complement were rescued) soon balances the exhilaration. Times, Sunday Times This news gave the movie a very real sense of melancholy. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 忧郁的 Japanese: 物悲しい |
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