melancholic

英 [ˌmelənˈkɒlɪk]

美 [ˌmelənˈkɑːlɪk]

adj.  忧郁的; 忧郁症的
n.  忧郁症患者

复数：melancholics　

BNC.34412 / COCA.24867

牛津词典

adj.

• 忧郁的；忧郁症的
  feeling or expressing sadness, especially when the sadness is like an illness

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 忧郁的;忧伤的
  If you describe someone or something asmelancholic, you mean that they are very sad.
  1. The night was as melancholic as his mood.
     夜晚和他的心情一样阴郁。
  2. ...his gentle, melancholic songs.
     他温柔而伤感的歌曲
  3. Amelancholicis someone who is melancholic.
     忧郁的人
  4. ...a self-made man, energetic and obsessively orderly, a histrionic exhibitionist and a melancholic.
     一个白手起家、精力充沛且强迫性讲求整齐的人，一个装腔作势、好出风头的人，一个忧郁伤感的人

英英释义

noun

• someone subject to melancholia
  Synonym:melancholiac

adj

• 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:melancholy

双语例句

• These landscapes are endlessly melancholic.
  这些风景是无穷尽的忧郁症。
• They like extremes: they can be joyful and melancholic in a short period of time.
  巨蟹座的人好极端，在一段短时间内可以好快乐和好忧郁。
• This one was poignant, almost melancholic, as kilar reminisced about a company he transformed from an empty office suite in 2007 into one that has attracted more than 3 million paying subscribers and generated$ 700 million in revenue in 2012.
  他把这家公司从2007年一个空无一物的办公套间做成一个吸引了超过300万付费用户，2012年收入达到7亿美元的庞然大物。
• A Melancholic Screen Poet
  忧郁气质的银幕诗人
• "Who in the quest for the melancholic soul of his native city has discovered new symbols for the clash and interlacing of cultures"
  在寻找故乡的忧郁灵魂时，发现了文化冲突和融合中的新的象征
• As their descendant I only hope that I could be less melancholic on that day.
  作为后人，我只希望自己可以不要太伤感。
• I intend to do everything I can to prove him wrong, or at least to fight that melancholic tendency with every tool in the shed.
  我打算尽自己所能证明他是错的，或至少用尽一切手段对抗忧郁倾向。
• LESLIE is melancholic, strong-willed and warm-hearted.
  LESLIE拥有忧郁、固执和热心肠的个性。
• Dirges so melancholic that they would scorch you.
  挽歌非常忧沉，会将你灼伤。
• Growing more melancholy every hour; her melancholic smile; we acquainted him with the melancholy truth.
  每一刻都变得更加忧郁；她忧郁的微笑；我们知晓他忧郁的原因。