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单词 sombre
释义
sombre
adjective
UK(USsomber)
uk
/ˈsɒm.bər/us
/ˈsɑːm.bɚ/
serious,sad, and withouthumourorentertainment:
严肃的；忧郁的
a sombreatmosphere/voice/face严肃的气氛／声音／脸
Thefuneralwas a sombreoccasion.葬礼是严肃的场合。
Ileftthem in a sombremood.我满心忧郁地离开了他们。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
lacking humour and not meant to be funny
  • seriousShe had a serious look on her face.
  • earnestAt that time he was an earnest young environmental activist.
  • soberThe mood of the gathering was sober and reflective.
  • sombreUKSince their colleague died there has been a very sombre atmosphere in the office.
  • solemnThe two men fell silent, their faces solemn.
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darkandplain:
暗淡的，深色的
Heworea sombreblacksuit.他穿着一套深黑色套装。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Lacking humour
  • be no laughing matteridiom
  • beyond
  • beyond a jokeidiom
  • earnestly
  • earnestness
  • intense
  • joke
  • lightly
  • mirthlessly
  • overearnest
  • poker-faced
  • soberly
  • solemnity
  • sombreness
  • starchy
  • turgid
  • turgidity
  • turgidly
  • ultra-serious
  • unamusing
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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:

Colourless or causing colour to fade
Black, white & grey
The qualities of colour

Related words

sombrely
sombreness
(Definition ofsombrefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsombre

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Areas informs me that the king has just descended to thesombreshores.
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There are, of course,sombrelessons to be learned from these pages.
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It is remarkably poignant,sombreyet comforting, evocative of distant associations, yet not too explicit.
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Older people were instructed to behave in a dignified,sombremanner.
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What is intended to be asombreexpression may well provoke laughter among readers.
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Its patriotism was now moresombreand reflective, and tinged by class.
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The remaining players offersombrechords, which cast occasional shadows across the cello line.
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Comic talents are seldom, if ever, given as much weight as merelysombreones.
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Asombresky illuminated by lightning announces the beginning of the deluge.
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The resonance felt in between the chord clusters evokes asombresense of silence and stillness, emanating from the lingering harmonies.
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But overall, this is a sympathetic (if ultimately rathersombre), insider's treatment, containing a mine of information.
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Her epilogue, again with the modern visitor realising the implacable nature of the weather, completes the narrative on asombrenote.
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Then comes the meat of the subject and finally asombrelook into the past and predictions for the future.
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Spouses, relatives and friends all begin to die off and some elderly survivors take asombreglee in totting up the score.
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A denuded orchestral palette, with rattling percussion andsombrewoodwind lines, is supported by an austere, pianissimo chord.
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