单词 | woebegone |
释义 | woebegone[ woh-bi-gawn, -gon ] / ˈwoʊ bɪˌgɔn, -ˌgɒn / SEE SYNONYMS FOR woebegone ON THESAURUS.COM adjectivebeset with woe; affected by woe, especially in appearance. showing or indicating woe: He always had a woebegone look on his face. Origin of woebegoneFirst recorded in 1300–50; Middle English wo begon originally, “woe (has or had) beset (someone)”; equivalent to wo + begon, past participle of begon, Old English begān “to surround, beset”; see origin at woe, be-, go1 SYNONYMS FOR woebegone2 suffering, troubled, forlorn, gloomy. SEE SYNONYMS FOR woebegone ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM woebegonewoe·be·gone·ness, nounWords nearby woebegoneWodehouse, Woden, wodge, Wodzislaw Slaski, woe, woebegone, woeful, woesome, wof, Woffington, wog Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for woebegoneBritish Dictionary definitions for woebegonewoebegone / (ˈwəʊbɪˌɡɒn) / adjectivesorrowful or sad in appearance archaic afflicted with woe Word Origin for woebegoneC14: from a phrase such as me is wo begon woe has beset me Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
随便看 |
英语词典包含192737条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。