melancholy

noun

1. 忧郁；伤悲
   a deep feeling of sadness that lasts for a long time and often cannot be explained
   1. A mood of melancholy descended on us.
      一种悲伤的情绪袭上我们的心头。

adj.

1. （令人）悲哀的；（令人）沮丧的
   very sad or making you feel sadness
   1. melancholy thoughts/memories
      悲哀的想法 / 记忆
   2. The melancholy song died away.
      哀婉的歌声渐渐消失了。

1. ADJ-GRADED 使人忧郁的;令人忧伤的
   You describe something that you see or hear as melancholy when it gives you an intense feeling of sadness.
   1. ...a painter of haunting melancholy canvases...
      一位画作中饱含挥之不去的忧伤情绪的画家
   2. The only sounds were the distant, melancholy cries of the sheep...
      只听得见远处羊群的哀鸣。
   3. The songs start soft and melancholy.
      歌声轻柔而忧伤地响起。
2. N-UNCOUNT (习惯性或气质上的)忧郁，忧伤
   Melancholy is an intense feeling of sadness which lasts for a long time and which strongly affects your behaviour and attitudes.
   1. I was deeply aware of his melancholy as he stood among the mourners...
      当他站在致哀的人群中时，我深深地体会到了他的忧伤。
   2. The general watched the process with an air of melancholy.
      将军神情忧郁地望着队列经过。
3. ADJ-GRADED 忧郁的;悲伤的
   If someone feels or looks melancholy, they feel or look very sad.
   1. It was in these hours of the late afternoon that Tom Mulligan felt most melancholy...
      傍晚这几个小时里，汤姆·马利根最为抑郁。
   2. He fixed me with those luminous, empty eyes and his melancholy smile.
      他笑容忧郁地凝视着我，闪亮的眼睛里空无一物。

1. Melancholy and mistrust of men hold her back.
   忧郁的性格和对男人的不信任使她裹足不前。
2. The only sounds were the distant, melancholy cries of the sheep
   只听得见远处羊群的哀鸣。
3. The songs start soft and melancholy.
   歌声轻柔而忧伤地响起。
4. I was deeply aware of his melancholy as he stood among the mourners
   当他站在致哀的人群中时，我深深地体会到了他的忧伤。
5. The general watched the process with an air of melancholy.
   将军神情忧郁地望着队列经过。
6. It was in these hours of the late afternoon that Tom Mulligan felt most melancholy
   傍晚这几个小时里，汤姆·马利根最为抑郁。
7. He fixed me with those luminous, empty eyes and his melancholy smile.
   他笑容忧郁地凝视着我，闪亮的眼睛里空无一物。
8. Feelings of infinite melancholy stole over him.
   无限的哀情愁思向他悄悄袭来。
9. All at once I fell into a state of profound melancholy.
   我立即陷入无限的愁思之中。
10. She seems rather melancholy now that he has gone away.
    他这一走，她似乎有些惆怅。
11. She turned back to the table, her left hand to her mouth, her eyes in a queer, hazy, melancholy mist.
    她回到桌子旁边，左手按住嘴巴，眼睛里涌起了一层不可解的朦胧的、感伤的雾。
12. A feeling of "autumnal melancholy" has suddenly possessed me.
    胸中顿生秋气。
13. A mood of melancholy descended on us.
    一种悲伤的情绪袭上我们的心头。
14. From the direction of the pond came the dreamy strains of Lin pei-shan's melancholy romona.
    那边池子旁四个人中的林佩珊却又曼声唱那支凄婉的小曲了。
15. That evening left Marius profoundly shaken, and with a melancholy shadow in his soul.
    这晚的聚谈使马吕斯深深受了震动，并在他的心中留下了愁人的黑影。
16. The blue moods of Fado, the melancholy folk music, form the national soundtrack.
    蓝色的情绪和忧伤的民间音乐法朵塑造了国民的音轨。
17. I am the thought of you melancholy.
    我对你思念惆怅。
18. You have been long gone, leaving behind drizzling melancholy and thickening yearning in me.
    你远去了，留给我的是密密细雨般的惆怅，还有那浓浓的思念。
19. I thought she got a lovely voice, very soulful and melancholy.
    我觉得她的嗓音可爱，非常深情和忧郁。
20. The melancholy is my emotion!
    忧郁是我的情感！
21. It's autumn again, he said in a melancholy voice.
    “又是秋天了。”他用忧伤的声音说道。
22. For me it has always been a city of ruins and of end-of-empire melancholy.
    她对我而言一直是个废墟之城，充满了帝国斜阳的忧伤。
23. Used a lightly melancholy and sad, a man accustomed to silence.
    习惯了一种淡然的忧郁与伤感，习惯了一个人沉默。
24. His face was lined and melancholy.
    他的脸上起了皱纹，且很悲郁。
25. When he left, she sank into melancholy.
    他走了之后，她陷入了长时间的忧思。
26. A kind of thorough marrow of melancholy and weariness.
    一种深入骨髓的忧郁和疲倦。
27. Disentangle from melancholy, Fly from the hell, So we have enjoyment.
    从悲哀中解脱，从地狱里飞升，所以我们有了快乐。
28. Love is a species of melancholy.
    爱情和忧郁是同类。
29. Loneliness and melancholy name more than two feelings.
    所谓孤独和忧郁，不仅仅是两种感觉。
30. I am melancholy, because I have experienced various vicissitudes of life!
    我忧郁，因为我历经沧桑！

noun

1. a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy

   Synonym:    black bile

2. a feeling of thoughtful sadness

3. a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed

adj

1. grave or even gloomy in character
   1. solemn and mournful music
   2. a suit of somber black
   3. a somber mood

   Synonym:    sombersombre

2. characterized by or causing or expressing sadness
   1. growing more melancholy every hour
   2. her melancholic smile
   3. we acquainted him with the melancholy truth

   Synonym:    melancholic