gloom

gloom
noun
[mass noun]
  1. partial or total darkness
    阴暗；黑暗
    he strained his eyes peering into the gloom.
    他睁大眼睛使劲看着黑暗处。
    ■[count noun](poetic/literary)a dark or shady place
    (诗/文)（阴）暗处
  2. a state of depression or despondency
    萧条（或消沉）的状况
    a year of economic gloom for the car industry.
    汽车业一年的经济萧条。
    his gloom deepened.
    他愈发消沉。
verb
[no obj.]
  1. (poetic/literary)have a dark or sombre appearance
    (诗/文)昏暗；忧郁
    the black gibbet glooms beside the way.
    路旁黑色绞架阴森森的。
    ■[with obj.]cover with gloom; make dark or dismal
    使昏暗；使黑暗；使忧郁；使凄凉
    a black yew gloom'd the stagnant air.
    一棵黑黢黢的水松使得污滞的空气变得昏暗。
  2. be or look depressed or despondent
    （看起来）萧条（或消沉）的
    Charles was always glooming about money.
    查尔斯总是为钱而垂头丧气。
常用词组
gloom and doom
  1. 见 doom
语源
  1. late Middle English (as a verb): of unknown origin
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