1590s, originally Scottish, "a sullen look," probably from gloom (v.) "look sullen or displeased" (late 14c., gloumen), of unknown origin; perhaps from an unrecorded Old English verb or from a Scandinavian source (compare Norwegian dialectal glome "to stare somberly"), or from Middle Low German glum "turbid," Dutch gluren "to leer." Not considered to be related to Old English glom "twilight" (see gloaming).
Sense of "darkness, obscurity" is first recorded 1629 in Milton's poetry; that of "melancholy, dejection, cloudiness or cheerless heaviness of mind" is from 1744; but gloomy with a corresponding sense is attested from 1580s.
双语例句
1. Ellery's return will help to chase away some of the gloom.
埃勒里的归来可以驱散一些抑郁的情绪。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The economic gloom of the early 1980s was relieved by fanciful architecture.
20世纪80年代初期的经济萧条气氛因各种奇异古怪建筑的出现而有所缓解。
来自柯林斯例句
3. The gloom deepened after a thumping £45m loss at British Rail.
英国铁路公司遭受了4,500万英镑的巨额损失后境况更加惨淡。
来自柯林斯例句
4. "I wish I did," said Phil Jordan, relapsing into his usual gloom.
“我要是那样做了就好了，”菲尔·乔丹说道，又像往常一样消沉起来。
来自柯林斯例句
5. The pound's weakness compounded the widespread gloom in the City.