wobegone
/woh-bi-gawn, -gon/US // ˈwoʊ bɪˌgɔn, -ˌgɒn //
巫婆
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
Archaic.
- : an archaic spelling of woebegone.
Examples
The boy—for he was scarcely more, big and handsome and strong though he appeared—looked terribly wobegone.
Poor little Nabul lifted up a wobegone face and slowly rose to his feet.
The wobegone face hid its crimson tide in two quivering hands.
The effect of it, to the bystanders, is like that of a wobegone ballad-singer chanting a merry stave.
Mrs. Eames was a poor forlorn woman—forlorn even during the time of her husband's life, but very wobegone now in her widowhood.
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