c. 1400, "causing pain," from Old French doloros (12c., Modern French douloureux) "painful, sorrowful, wretched," from Late Latin dolorosus "painful, sorrowful," from Latin dolor "pain, grief." Sense of "causing grief" is from mid-15c.; that of "full of sorrow" is from 1510s. Related: Dolorously; dolorousness.
雙語例句
1. Now and again the hunter can hear a long - draw dolorous whine of some unseen coyote.
獵人不時能聽見某只看不見的小林狼發出的拖長的哀嚎.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. With a broken - hearted smile, he lifted a pair of dolorous eyes.