| 单词 | gloom |
| 释义 | gloom (once / 119 pages) n Gloom is a hazy darkness or dimness. The gloom of a moonless autumn evening is perfect for trick-or-treating, but not so perfect for sizing up your candy stash. It might make you nervous to walk in the gloom of your friend's rural neighborhood at night if you're used to well-lit city streets. And while gloom perfectly describes the near-dark of dusk or a foggy evening, it can also describe a dark, dismal mood. Your brother's gloom when his favorite basketball team loses in the playoffs will only deepen if your favorite team wins the tournament. Gloom is a Scottish word, originally meaning "a sullen look." WORD FAMILYgloom: gloomful, glooms, gloomy+/gloominess: gloominesses/gloomy: gloomier, gloomiest, gloomily, gloominess USAGE EXAMPLESConsumer and environmental activists cautioned against painting agriculture with too much doom and gloom. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) But for all of his faux gloom, by the time I leave, only two of his grievances ring wholly true. The Guardian(Dec 24, 2016) In Europe the Islamist threat, the problem of Muslim integration and the return of blood-and-soil nationalism top the litany of Western gloom. Wall Street Journal(Dec 23, 2016) 1n a state of partial or total darkness he struck a match to dispel the gloom Syn|Hyper somberness, sombreness semidarkness partial darkness 2n a feeling of melancholy apprehension Syn|Hyper gloominess, somberness, sombreness apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread fearful expectation or anticipation melancholya feeling of thoughtful sadness 3n an atmosphere of depression and melancholy gloom pervaded the office Syn|Hypo|Hyper gloominess, glumness cloud a cause of worry or gloom or trouble bareness, bleakness, desolation, nakednessa bleak and desolate atmosphere ambiance, ambience, atmosphere a particular environment or surrounding influence |
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