sombreness
noun[U]
UK(USsomberness)uk/ˈsɒm.bə.nəs/us/ˈsɑːm.bɚ.nəs/seriousnessandsadness:
严肃;忧郁Theydranktheirtea, a sombreness intheirmanner.他们喝着茶,举止忧郁。
You cansensethecollectivesombreness at the team'shotel.你可以在球队的酒店里感受到集体的忧郁。
(of aplace,clothes, etc.)darkness:
(地方、衣服等)暗淡,深色Thegreatcandlesservedonly toaccentuatethegloomand sombreness of thehall.那些巨大的蜡烛只是加重了大厅的阴郁和沉闷。
It is aplaceof the moststaggeringsombreness,grandeur, andgloom.这个地方阴沉、庄严、昏暗,令人惊讶。
See
sombre
- Theirhappinesswastingedwith sombreness.
- Hismoodchangedsuddenly, the sombrenessvanishingas if it had never been there.
- The sombreness of thechurchwasrelievedonly by the wall-paintings.
Lacking humour
- be no laughing matteridiom
- beyond
- beyond a jokeidiom
- earnestly
- earnestness
- intense
- joke
- lightly
- mirthlessly
- overearnest
- po-faced
- poker-faced
- solemnity
- starchy
- turgid
- turgidity
- turgidly
- ultra-serious
- unamusing
- unfunny
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