c. 1600, from Latin lugubris "mournful, pertaining to mourning," from lugere "to mourn," from PIE root *leug- "to break; to cause pain" (cognates: Greek lygros "mournful, sad," Sanskrit rujati "breaks, torments," Lettish lauzit "to break the heart"). Related: Lugubriously; lugubriousness.
雙語例句
1. He plays some passages so slowly that they become lugubrious.
有些段落他演奏得異常徐緩，聽上去有些憂傷。
來自柯林斯例句
2. That long, lugubrious howl rose on the night air again!
夜空中又傳來了那又長又凄涼的狗叫聲.
來自英漢文學(xué) - 湯姆歷險
3. This ingredient does not invite or generally produce lugubrious lamentation.
這一要素并不引起,或者說通常不產(chǎn)生故作悲傷的嘆息.
來自哲學(xué)部分
4. James was in lugubrious mood.
詹姆士的興致很頹唐.
來自辭典例句
5. After the earthquake, the city is full of lugubrious faces.