doldrums

名词 doldrums:

1. a state of inactivity (in business or art etc)
   同义词：stagnation, stagnancy
2. a belt of calms and light winds between the northern and southern trade winds of the Atlantic and Pacific

1. My brother has been in the doldrums since he failed to get on the swimming team.
   我兄弟自打没能进入游泳队以来一直精神萎靡不振。
2. Despite these measures, the economy remains in the doldrums.
   尽管采取了这些措施，经济状况仍然毫无起色。
3. He's been in the doldrums ever since she left him.
   自从她离开他以来，他一直很消沉。

dol.drums

pl.n.(used with a sing. or pl. verb)（复数名词）（与单数或复数动词连用）

A period of stagnation or slump.
经济萧条期：经济萧条或衰落期
A period of depression or unhappy listlessness.
忧郁期：没精打采的日子，消沉的日子

A region of the ocean near the equator, characterized by calms, light winds, or squalls.
赤道无风带：靠近赤道的海域，特征是或风平浪静，或起微风或起飓风
The weather conditions characteristic of these regions of the ocean.
无风天气：赤道无风带的无风天气

来源：
Alteration influenced by tantrum
受 tantrum的变化
of obsolete doldrum [dullard]
废语 doldrum的变化 [笨蛋]
from Middle English dold [past participle of] dullen [to dull]
源自 中古英语 dold [] dullen的过去分词 [使枯燥]
from dul [dull] * see dull
源自 dul [枯燥] *参见 dull