gloom

复数：glooms过去式：gloomed过去分词：gloomed现在分词：glooming第三人称单数：glooms

1. [U]昏暗,阴暗 near darkness
2. [S][U]忧郁,沮丧,失望 feeling of sadness and hopelessness

• break the gloom冲破黑暗
• cast〔throw〕 a gloom over sth给某事蒙上阴影

• in the gloom在阴暗中
• with gloom怀着忧郁的心情

• gloom about〔over〕对…忧虑

gloom and doom n. 厄运；对未来的悲观失望

doom and gloom凄惨，前景不妙；无望

cast a gloom over使…变得暗淡；使…蒙上阴影；使罩上悲伤的气氛

1. My eyes slowly grew accustomed to the gloom.
   我的眼睛对黑暗慢慢适应了。
2. In the gloom I could only just discern the outline of a building.
   在黑暗中我只能依稀分辨出一座建筑物的轮廓来。
3. He walked through the gloom of the thick forest.
   他穿过茂密阴暗的森林。
4. The crimes committed there invested the place with an air of mystery and gloom.
   在那里发生罪案后,该地笼罩上一种阴森诡秘的气氛。
5. The news of army's defeat cast a gloom over the town.
   军队败北的消息给小城蒙上了一层忧郁。
6. Don't let defeat fill you with gloom.
   别让失败使你灰心丧气。

1. Poets were often visited by fits of gloom.
   诗人常有一阵阵忧郁。
2. Lydia's gloom was shortly cleared away.
   丽迪雅的忧郁不多一会就烟消云散了。