单词
melancholy
读音
ˈmelənkɑːli
美式
英式
词根
"Melancholy"来源于希腊词“melankholia”，"melan-"表示“黑色”，"kholia"来自“khole”，意为“胆汁”。古生物学认为人体的情绪状态与体内四种不同的“体液”（血液、粘液、黄胆汁和黑胆汁）的平衡有关，黑胆汁过多被认为会导致忧郁或消沉。 由"melan-" 衍生的单词有：melanocyte (黑色素细胞), melanoma (黑色素瘤), Melanesia (黑岛，指太平洋西部的一群岛屿，因那里的人种肤色偏黑而得名)
释义
adj. 忧郁的；使人悲伤的 n. 忧郁；悲哀；愁思 [ 复数 melancholies 过去式 more melancholy 过去分词 most melancholy ]
例句
Steve called it "Melancholy Flower".
史蒂夫将它称之为“忧郁之花”。
All at once I fell into a state of profound melancholy.
我立即陷入无限的愁思之中。
Huck's face lost its tranquil content, and took a melancholy cast.
哈克脸上悠然自得的表情消失了，流露出一脸的忧郁。
Steve called it "Melancholy Flower".
史蒂夫将它称之为“忧郁之花”。
All at once I fell into a state of profound melancholy.
我立即陷入无限的愁思之中。
Huck's face lost its tranquil content, and took a melancholy cast.
哈克脸上悠然自得的表情消失了，流露出一脸的忧郁。
强化记忆
字符串"Melan-"可联想到黑色，而"choly"可联想到冷的，像雨天那般冷，而雨天往往让人感到忧郁，所以可以帮你记住"melancholy"表示的是忧郁的意思。"Melancholy"一词最早出现在14世纪，当时被用来描述一种医学状况，即“忧郁症”。在文艺复兴时期，这个词开始用来描述一种富有创造力但哀愁的境况，如沉默寡言、内敛等。
看视频学发音
Artists who worked with lead complained of palseys,melancholy,coughing,
I experienced two very contrasting characters:beautiful melancholy and sheer energy.And I consider these two elements to be
an inevitable part of life but an essential one.If you've never felt melancholy,you've missed out on part of what it means to be human.
his sorrow for the misfortune of that unhappy people.He would make many melancholy reflectionsupon the precariousness of human life,
spent his life studying the causes and experience of sadness.In his masterpiece "The Anatomy of Melancholy,"Burton wrote, "He that increaseth wisdom increaseth sorrow."
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出国,高中,专四专八,其他
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