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lugubrious

/loo-goo-bree-uhs, -gyoo-/US // lʊˈgu bri əs, -ˈgyu- //UK // (lʊˈɡuːbrɪəs) //

懒洋洋的,慵懒的,慵懒的人,懒惰的

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner: lugubrious songs of lost love.

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Examples

  • She is likely to shoehorn her pain into lugubrious scenarios that are perfect for country-music videos.

  • Death is not a lugubrious occasion here, but more often a celebration of a life.

  • Impressed by the lugubrious scene, Aguinaldo yielded, and the next day peace negotiations were opened.

  • Frances was still looking somewhat lugubrious when the door opened and Miss Mildmay senior came in.

  • These are the most lugubrious nuptial felicitations that ever were offered to a bridegroom, I should fancy!

  • A lugubrious quail doled forth a grating, dismal note at long but measured intervals, offending the ear and depressing the heart.

  • He put his fingers to his ears, but the lugubrious noise passed those barriers, and made its way into his heart.