doldrums
音标['dɒldrәmz]
汉语翻译
n. 忧郁, 赤道无风带
英语解释
名词 doldrums:
- a state of inactivity (in business or art etc)同义词：stagnation, stagnancy
- a belt of calms and light winds between the northern and southern trade winds of the Atlantic and Pacific
例句
- 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。
- 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。
- 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。
详细解释
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
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