橘子朗文词典

morose

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音标发音

  • 英式音标 [məˈrəʊs]
  • 美式音标 [məˈroʊs]
  • 国际音标 [mə'rəus]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • adj.郁闷的；抑郁的；难相处的

词根记忆

  • mo(音似“没”) + rose(玫瑰)→情人节没收到玫瑰→不高兴的→郁闷的
  • “没扰死”→太郁闷了，我差点没被他烦扰死→郁闷的

同根派生

  • adv性质的同根词
    morosely：愁眉苦脸地；忧郁地。
  • n性质的同根词
    moroseness：阴郁；不高兴。

英汉例句

    双语例句

  • A morose France has fallen behind its competitors.
    郁闷的法兰西人落在了竞争者的后面。
  • But the opening quotation, seemingly so apt for morose France today, is not about that country at all.
    开头的那段引语，尽管看似很切合于今天阴郁的法国，但其实说的根本不是法国。
  • Beethoven could not hear it, and this made him very morose , As the winter approached he realized that his hearing was no better, and that it was likely to get worse, and he might end up totally deaf.
    贝多芬却听不到，这使他非常郁闷。 到了那年冬天，他意识到他的听觉不但不见好转，而且我可能每况愈下，以至彻底失聪。

    • 权威例句

  • I'm taking a morose tone at this point with Garrison Keillor giving me the snub.
    NPR: A Comic Horror Story from Aspen
  • One myth is that he was a misanthrope, a grumbling recluse, whose work was as morose as his life.
    ECONOMIST: Singular visions
  • The investor class seems particularly morose over a second Obama term.
    FORBES: The Good Gridlock We Got

词组短语

    短语

  • Tarticle Morose 葡萄牙前进金属
  • look morose 显得忧郁
  • rejoice morose 兴奋
  • morose rose 没有玫瑰很郁闷
  • morose eyes 郁闷的眼睛

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • unhappy, annoyed, and unwilling to speak or smile

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • Someone who is morose is miserable, bad-tempered, and not willing to talk very much to other people.
  • morosely