mawkish
mawkish
adjective
mawkishly
adverb
mawkishness
noun
语源
adjective
- sentimental in a feeble or sickly way
伤感的，感情脆弱的
a mawkish poem.
感伤的诗。
■(archaic & dialect)having a faint sickly flavour
(古，方)有轻微怪味的
the mawkish smell of warm beer.
热啤酒的怪味。
mawkishly
adverb
mawkishness
noun
语源
- mid 17th cent. (in the sense 'inclined to sickness'): from obsolete mawk 'maggot', from Old Norse mathkr, of Germanic origin
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