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

• Blues: Afro-American People's melancholic musical and literary expression
  布鲁斯：美国黑人忧伤的音乐和文学诉说&布鲁斯及其在《看不见的人》和《所罗门之歌》中的运用
• The most renowned Portuguese music is Fado, a form of melancholic music.
  最有名的葡萄牙音乐是法多（Fado），是一种表现忧郁音乐的形式。
• 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。
• Result SCL-90 showed that there was significant difference between choleric temperament, melancholic temperament and sanguine temperament, phlegmatic temperament at usual and during live ammunition training limes.
  结果SCL-90测试结果显示：在平时和实弹训练期间，属于胆汁质和抑郁质类型的官兵与属于多血质和黏液质官兵的得分存在显著差异；
• LESLIE is melancholic, strong-willed and warm-hearted.
  LESLIE拥有忧郁、固执和热心肠的个性。
• 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。
• A absurd tragedy, to accompany a melancholic song by the Tiger Lillies.
  一出荒诞的悲剧，在泰戈莱利斯犹豫的歌声中缓缓上演。
• A Probe into the Melancholic Theme of Nineteen Ancient Poems
  《古诗十九首》的悲情主题探析
• The night was as melancholic as his mood.
  夜晚和他的心情一样阴郁。
• There is little doubt that American consumers have proven they are far more tenacious than their melancholic European peers.
  毋庸置疑，美国消费者明显远比忧郁的欧洲同胞来得坚韧。