单词 | dolor |
释义 | dolor (once / 4589 pages) n If you need a poetic way to say "sorrow," use the word dolor. Your sad-eyed dog might express a great deal of dolor when you leave him alone for the day. You can use dolor to talk about heartache or sadness, like the dolor of guests at a funeral or a winter sky's gray dolor as the days get shorter. No matter how you use the noun dolor, it's going to have a poetic sound to it. It's more common to come across the adjective dolorous, or "full of sorrow." In Latin, dolor means "pain or grief." WORD FAMILYdolor: dolorous, dolors+/dolorous: dolorously USAGE EXAMPLESAll first-year medical students are taught that inflammation is “rubor, calor, tumor, dolor.” Slate(Aug 09, 2016) "Mucho dolor," he said when asked by a Spanish-speaking reporter how he felt. Los Angeles Times(Mar 31, 2016) Payer allegedly stole the money from the Church of the Seven Dolors in Yukon, a tiny village in South Huntingdon Township. Washington Times(Jul 03, 2014) n (poetry) painful grief Syn|Hyper dolour brokenheartedness, grief, heartache, heartbreak intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death) |
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