somber

英 ['sɒmbə(r)]

美 ['sɑmbər]

“sombre”的变体

GRETEM8

COCA.9562

英英释义

adj

• grave or even gloomy in character
  1. solemn and mournful music
  2. a suit of somber black
  3. a somber mood
  Synonym:sombremelancholy
• lacking brightness or color
  1. drab faded curtains
  2. sober Puritan grey
  3. children in somber brown clothes
  Synonym:drabsobersombre

双语例句

• That was a somber January day.
  那是一个阴沈的正月天。
• I noticed he looked unusually somber.
  我注意到他看上去心情反常地不舒畅。
• As part of the somber ceremony, President Bush is visiting both areas today.
  期间，布什总统访问了受灾的两个地区。
• LESTAT: Wonderful! Wonderful! Now play something on a more somber note.
  列斯达：棒极了，棒极了！现在弹奏一些忧郁的曲子吧。
• Then the dogs stopped barking, and once more a somber silence descended on the valley.
  狗渐渐地没有咬了，峡谷里又复显出夜深时候的静寂。
• That said, in the midst of all this jubilation, I must temper my enthusiasm with a somber note.
  那说，在所有的这一个欢呼之中，我一定用一个微暗的注意锻炼我的狂热。
• That was a somber January day. He looked at the heavy sky and sighed.
  那是一个阴沉的正月天。他看着阴沉沉的天空，叹了一口气。
• It was a day of silence and somber speeches in New Orleans two years after Hurricane Katrina struck.
  今天是新奥尔良遭遇卡特里娜飓风袭击两周年的日子，民众们默哀并聆听了悼念演说。
• The sun lost its heartening power and the sky became grey and somber.
  太阳失去了它鼓舞人心的力量，天空变成铅灰色，阴沉沉的。
• Life, however dark and somber, could never apparently cloud his soul.
  人生无论如何黑暗阴沉，显然决不会使他的灵魂蒙上阴影。