英语词典 · 单词释义
somber
英 ['sɔmbə] 美
这里集中整理“somber”的音标、翻译、词源、例句和近反义词，方便快速确认词义并顺手做词汇积累。
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词义详解
翻译 · 词源 · 例句- adj. 忧郁的；昏暗的；严峻的；阴天的
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词源 · 例句 · 用法助记提示
1、sub- "under" + umbr- + -e. => subumbre => sombre => somber.
2、很显然，该词由上述词根结合后缩略变形而来。
2、很显然，该词由上述词根结合后缩略变形而来。
中文词源
somber 昏暗的，阴沉的，阴郁的，沮丧的
来自法语 sombre,黑暗的，昏暗的，来自拉丁语 subumbrare,笼罩，使蒙上影子，来自 sub-, 在下面，umbra,影子，阴影，词源同 umbrella,伞，字面意思即小影子。引申比喻义阴郁的， 沮丧的等。
英文词源
- somber (adj.)
- 1760 "gloomy, shadowy" (earlier sombrous, c. 1730), from French sombre "dark, gloomy," from Old French sombre (14c.), from an adjective from Late Latin subumbrare "to shadow," from sub "under" (see sub-) + umbra "shade, shadow," perhaps from a suffixed form of PIE *andho- "blind, dark" (see umbrage). Related: Somberly; somberness.
双语例句
- 1. That was a somber January day.
- 那是一个阴沉的正月天.
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- 2. He had a somber expression on his face.
- 他面容忧郁.
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- 3. His coat was a somber brown.
- 他的衣服是暗棕色的.
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- 4. She was dressed in somber black.
- 她穿一身灰黑色衣服.
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- 5. A funeral is a somber occasion.
- 葬礼是个忧郁的场合.
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