atrabilious
atrabilious
[ˌatrəˈbɪlɪəs]
adjective
语源
[ˌatrəˈbɪlɪəs]
adjective
- (poetic/literary)melancholy or ill-tempered
(诗/文)忧郁的；脾气暴躁的
语源
- mid 17th cent. (in the sense 'affected by black bile', one of the four supposed cardinal humours of the body, believed to cause melancholy): from Latin atra bilis 'black bile', translation of Greek melankholia 'melancholy', + -ious
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