brown study

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A melancholy mood accompanied by deep thought; a moody daydream. dated,idiomatic
    — Phædra. [...] Why Soſia! What, in a brown Study? / Soſia. A little cogitabund, or ſo; concerning this diſmal Revolution in our Family!

词形变化

brown studies plural

词源

From obsolete brown (“gloomy”) and study.
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