in the doldrums 的定义
- Depressed; dull and listless. For example, Dean's in the doldrums for most of every winter. This expression alludes to the maritime doldrums, a belt of calms and light winds north of the equator in which sailing ships were often becalmed. [Early 1800s] Also see down in the dumps.
in the doldrums 近义词
等同于 moody
in the doldrums 的近义词 47 个
- cross
- downcast
- melancholy
- sulky
- angry
- cantankerous
- capricious
- changeable
- crabbed
- crestfallen
- dismal
- doleful
- dour
- down in the dumps
- down in the mouth
- erratic
- fickle
- fitful
- flighty
- frowning
- gloomy
- glum
- huffy
- ill-humored
- ill-tempered
- impulsive
- in a huff
- introspective
- irascible
- irritable
- lugubrious
- mercurial
- miserable
- moping
- morose
- offended
- out of sorts
- pensive
- petulant
- piqued
- sad
- saturnine
- short-tempered
- splenetic
- sullen
- testy
- touchy
in the doldrums 的反义词 4 个
等同于 down in the mouth
in the doldrums 的近义词 9 个
等同于 dispirited
in the doldrums 的近义词 22 个
- crestfallen
- depressed
- despondent
- disheartened
- glum
- blue
- discouraged
- down
- dragged
- low
- bummed-out
- disconsolate
- downbeat
- downcast
- downhearted
- funky
- gloomy
- melancholy
- morose
- shot-down
- spiritless
- woebegone
in the doldrums 的反义词 10 个
更多in the doldrums例句
- France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.
- Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.
- Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.
- This is a guy who has his son-in-law clean his eyeglasses, for crying out loud.
- Her travel clique has been known to arrive at an airport, bags packed, passport-in-hand, within hours of spotting a deal.
- Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
- Such throats are trying, are they not?In case one catches cold; Ah, yes!
- The commander-in-chief still kept him attached to the headquarter staff, and constantly employed him on special service.
- So far Murat had always held subordinate commands; his great ambition was to become the commander-in-chief of an independent army.
- Their jurisdictions overlapped and the Gascon would play second fiddle to no one save to his great brother-in-law.