glum

glum的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [glʌm]
KK音标发音： [glʌm]

glum的词性：
adj.（形容词）

1. Moody and melancholy; dejected.
闷闷不乐的：愁眉不展的，悲伤的；沮丧的

2. Gloomy; dismal.
忧郁的；郁闷的

glum的词性：
n.（名词）

3. The quality or state of being moody, melancholy, and gloomy or an instance of it:
闷闷不乐，忧郁：愁眉不展、悲伤、忧郁的状态或性质或这种事例：

“He was a charming mixture of glum and glee”(Lillian Hellman)
“他是一个很有魅力的人，时而忧伤时而欢笑”(莉莲·赫尔曼)

4. glums Chiefly British The blues. Often used with the :
glums 【多用于英国】 忧伤。常与the 连用：

“Most other publications have got the glums”(Tina Brown)
“其他大多数出版物也感染上忧伤的色彩”(蒂娜·布朗)

glum的词源：

5. ; akin to Probably akin to Middle English gloumen [to become dark] * see gloom
；类似于 可能类似于 中古英语 gloumen [变黑，阴郁] *参见 gloom

glum的词性：
adv.（副词）

glum的词性：
n.（名词）

glum， gloomy， morose， dour， saturnine

6. These adjectives mean having a broodingly cheerless aspect or disposition.
这些形容词都指不高兴的性情。

7. Glum implies silent dejection:
Glum 指沉闷的沮丧，低沉：

Why so glum? The votes haven't been counted yet.
为什么那么气馁？选举结果还没出来呢。

8. Gloomy suggests somber melancholy:
Gloomy 指悲观的：

She takes a gloomy view of the future.
她对将来很悲观的。

9. Morose implies sourness of temper and a tendency to be uncommunicative:
Morose 指脾气坏的，乖僻的，不愿交注的：

He stared down at his dinner plate in a morose and unsociable manner.
他低头盯着餐盘，一副冷淡不友好的样子，

10. Dour especially suggests grimness or humorlessness and sometimes an obstinate nature:
Dour 尤指严肃或毫无幽默感，有时指倔强呆板的性质：

“To a Western eye, [they] seem poorly dressed, ill-groomed, dour and preoccupied” (Peter Lewis).
“在西方人看来， 显得似乎衣着寒碜，不修边幅，桀骜不驯” （彼得·刘易斯）。

11. Saturnine suggests gloominess or melancholy of temperament and often a tendency to be bitter or sardonic:
Saturnine 指性格阴郁，常指冷峻、严厉的意向：

the saturnine faces of the judges.
法官们那阴沉的脸色