| 单词 | the doldrums |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe doldrums 2. plural the doldrums. extracted from doldrumn. a. A condition of dullness or drowsiness; dumps, low spirits, depression. ΘΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [noun] > fit of gloominga1400 dumpa1535 mubble fubbles1589 mulligrubs1599 mumps1599 mood1609 blues1741 mopes1742 gloom1744 humdrums1757 dismals1764 horror1768 mournfuls1794 doldrum1811 doleful1822 glumps1825 jim-jams1896 katzenjammer1897 the sniffles1903 mopery1907 joes1916 woofits1918 cafard1924 jimmies1928 the blahs1969 downer1970 1811 Morning Herald 13 Apr. in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1812) XV. 175 I am now in the doldrums; but when I get better, I will send you [etc.]. 1834 F. Marryat Jacob Faithful I. xi. 195 ‘Come, father, old Dictionary is in the doldrums; rouse him up with another stave.’ 1862 Athenæum 30 Aug. 266 A glass of brandy-and-water is a panacea for the doldrums. 1886 C. Keene Let. in G. S. Layard Life & Lett. C. S. Keene (1892) xi. 363 The great thing is to evade ‘the Doldrums’. b. The condition of a ship in which, either from calms, or from baffling winds, she makes no headway; a becalmed state. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [noun] > becalmed state doldrum1823 1823 Ld. Byron Island ii. xxi. 44 From the bluff-head, where I watched to-day, I saw her in the doldrums; for the wind Was light and baffling. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple III. v. 71 As we ran along the coast, I perceived a vessel under the high land, in what the sailors called the doldrums; this is, almost becalmed, or her sails flapping about in every direction with the eddying winds. c. An intellectually non-plussed condition. Π 1871 G. Meredith in Cornhill Mag. Feb. 154 My wits are in the doldrums. 1878 J. R. O'Flanagan Irish Bar (1879) 142 The Counsellor's questions put him in a doldrum. < as lemmas |
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