melancholy

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繼承自中古英語 malencolie,來自古法語 melancolie,來自古希臘語 μελαγχολία (melankholía, atrabiliousness),來自μέλας (mélas)μελαν- (melan-, 黑色,黑暗,陰暗) + χολή (kholḗ, 膽汁)。對照拉丁語 ātra bīlis (黑膽汁)。形容詞用法是中古英語的創新,可能受到後綴-y-ly的影響。

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melancholy (可數 不可數,複數 melancholies)

  1. (歷史)膽汁
    • 1624,Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: [],2nd edition,Oxford, Oxfordshire:Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 54573970:
      , Bk.I, New York 2001, p.148:
      Melancholy, cold and dry, thick, black, and sour, [] is a bridle to the other two hot humours, blood and choler, preserving them in the blood, and nourishing the bones.
  2. 憂鬱悲哀

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melancholy (比較級 more melancholy最高級 most melancholy)

  1. (書面) 憂鬱的,悲哀
    Melancholy people don't talk much.
    憂鬱的人話不多。
    • 1922Ben Travers,章號1,出自 A Cuckoo in the Nest[1]:
      “[…] the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well. You know. The kind that have mottoes [] . And then, when you see [the senders], you probably find that they are the most melancholy old folk with malignant diseases. […]”
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    • 1981, Greg Kihn, Steve Wright, “The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)”, 出自 RocKihnRoll[2], 演出者 The Greg Kihn Band:
      And then the band slowed the tempo / And the music gets you down / Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah, ah / It was the same old song / With a melancholy sound / Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah, ah
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