單詞
crestfallen
英 ['krestf??l(?)n]
美['kr?stf?l?n]
基本信息
- adj. 垂頭喪氣的，氣餒的
GRE
中文詞源
crestfallen 垂頭喪氣的
來(lái)自crest和fallen的組合詞。
英文詞源
- crestfallen (adj.)
- 1580s, past participle adjective, but the verb crestfall is recorded only from 1610s, in reference to diseased horses, and is rare. It's possible that the image behind this use of the word is not cocks, as often is asserted, but horses.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. He gathered himself up and sneaked off, crushed and crestfallen.
- 他爬起來(lái),偷偷地溜了,一副垂頭喪氣 、 被斗敗的樣子.
來(lái)自英漢文學(xué) - 湯姆歷險(xiǎn)
- 2. The youth looked exceedingly crestfallen.
- 那青年看上去垂頭喪氣極了.
來(lái)自英漢文學(xué) - 嘉莉妹妹
- 3. The individual to whom the manager had been talking went away quite crestfallen.
- 和經(jīng)理談話的那人垂頭喪氣地走了.
來(lái)自英漢文學(xué) - 嘉莉妹妹
- 4. Look at that crestfallen child, I very for his distress.
- 看著那沒(méi)精打采的孩子, 我很為他悲哀.
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- 5. Poor Passepartout, quite crestfallen, followed his master without a word.
- 這倒霉的小伙子, 光著腳, 狼狽不堪地跟主人上了車,連一句話也沒(méi)說(shuō).
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