lugubrious

lugubrious

英 [lʊ'guːbrɪəs]
　　美 [lə'gʊbrɪəs]

adj. 悲哀的，悲慘的

中文詞源：

lugubrious 悲傷的

來自拉丁語lugere,悲傷，悼念，來自PIE*leug,斷開，破開，使悲痛，可能來自PIE*skel,撕，切，詞源同scale,scalper.

例句：

1. He plays some passages so slowly that they become lugubrious.
有些段落他演奏得異常徐緩，聽上去有些憂傷。

2. That long, lugubrious howl rose on the night air again!
夜空中又傳來瞭那又長又淒涼的狗叫聲.

3. This ingredient does not invite or generally produce lugubrious lamentation.
這一要素並不引起,或者說通常不產生故作悲傷的嘆息.

4. James was in lugubrious mood.
詹姆士的興致很頹唐.

5. After the earthquake, the city is full of lugubrious faces.
地震之後, 這個城市滿是悲哀的面孔.